ADDIS ABABA (Xinhua) – Ethiopia’s dictator Meles Zenawi on Monday held talks with Alain Le Roy, United Nations under-secretary-general for peacekeeping operations, focusing on a joint peacekeeping mission in Sudan’s Darfur region.

During their talks, Meles reassured Ethiopia’s commitment to support peacekeeping operations undertaken by the UN across the world.

Ethiopia will continue to support continental and international efforts to ensure peace and stability in countries of the region, Meles added.

After the talks, Roy told journalists that the talks were on various continental and international issues of importance.

He said a thorough discussion was held especially on the security affairs of the region and problems in Sudan and Somalia in a bid to find long-term solutions.

The discussion further focused on the UN-African Union hybrid peacekeeping mission (UNAMID) in Darfur, Sudan, which, according to him, is becoming successful.

Roy said Ethiopia’s contribution to UNAMID is praiseworthy.

The two sides also discussed the United Nations Mission to Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE), which ended its mission recently. Helauded Ethiopia’s cooperation with the mission.

The UN official said he has been visiting the Horn of Africa in a bid to familiarize himself with the region.

Roy was appointed in late June to oversee almost 110,000 personnel serving in 20 peace operations around the world.