Morsi To Send Egyptian Delegation To Ethiopian PM Funeral

President Mohamed Morsi decided to send a high-ranking Egyptian delegation to Addis Ababa in order to participate in the funeral of the Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, the presidency spokesman Dr Yasser Ali said.

Meles Zenawi, Ethiopia’s long-time ruler who held tight control over the East African country but was a major U.S counter-terrorism ally, died of an undisclosed illness after not being seen in public for weeks, Ethiopian authorities announced Tuesday. He was 57.

Meles died Monday just before midnight after contracting an infection.