Eritrea: Foreign minister leaves for Russia

10 April 2005, EDnews (Text of report by Eritrean radio)- Eritrea Foreign Minister Ali Sayyid Abdallah left for Moscow this morning on a working visit to Russia at the invitation of the country's foreign minister.

During his stay there until 16 April, Mr Ali Sayyid Abdallah will meet a number of the country's officials to discuss the growing relations between Eritrea and Russia and the measures that should be taken to implement cooperation accords earlier reached between the two countries.

At the end of his Russian visit, Foreign Minister Ali Sayyid will travel to Indonesia to represent President Isayas Afewerki at the heads of state summit of the Non-Aligned Movement due to be held in Jakarta from 20 to 24 April.

Source: Voice of the Broad Masses of Eritrea, Asmara, in Tigrinya, via BBC Monitoring Service,1300 gmt 10 Apr 05