To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement about the situation in the Horn of Africa.

The escalation of fighting in northern Ethiopia has set back both the relief operations and the peace talks. We welcome the recent agreement to allow relief supplies across the lines from the south. The first food convoys are now entering Tigray by this route. Peace talks between the Government and TPLF have resumed in Rome. We are urging the resumption of talks between the Government and the EPLF. In Somalia, the Government have announced political and economic reforms, but the rebels refuse to negotiate.