abstract:Bereket Simon is the Ethiopian Communications Minister, for the ruling Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF). He was a close aide of former prime minister Meles Zenawi since their university days.
Spokesman Bereket Simon says Ethiopia has not and will not stop its military support to Somalia's Transitional Federal Government,or TFG, in its fight against a foreign-backed insurgency.
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But on Wednesday, Information Minister BereketSimon said the ceremony had been postponed because people wanted more time to mourn Mr Meles' death, AP news agency reports.