(July 18, 2012, Herald Sun)--ETHIOPIAN Prime Minister Meles Zenawi is in a "critical" state in a Brussels hospital, diplomatic sources claim. However, the Ethiopian government denies he is unwell.
"He is in a critical state, his life is in danger," said a diplomat who asked not to be named on Wednesday. But in Addis Ababa government spokesman Bereket Simon denied reports the 57-year-old premier was ill.
"He is not in a critical state. He is in good condition," Simon said. In Brussels, the Ethiopian embassy refused comment. It had said earlier this week reports Meles was being treated at a hospital were "false and wrong", rumours created by "an interest group which has preoccupied itself in disseminating such untrue stories".
But several diplomats in Brussels said he had been undergoing regular private treatment at one of the city's major hospitals and had been in hospital for some days. Questions surfaced about Meles's health when he missed a two-day African Union summit on Sunday and Monday, apparently for the first time.
His wife had declined to talk to reporters about her husband, who has been at the helm of the Horn of Africa nation since 1991. One of last times Meles was seen in public was at the G20 meeting in Mexico on June 19.
Source: Herald Sun
"He is in a critical state, his life is in danger," said a diplomat who asked not to be named on Wednesday. But in Addis Ababa government spokesman Bereket Simon denied reports the 57-year-old premier was ill.
"He is not in a critical state. He is in good condition," Simon said. In Brussels, the Ethiopian embassy refused comment. It had said earlier this week reports Meles was being treated at a hospital were "false and wrong", rumours created by "an interest group which has preoccupied itself in disseminating such untrue stories".
But several diplomats in Brussels said he had been undergoing regular private treatment at one of the city's major hospitals and had been in hospital for some days. Questions surfaced about Meles's health when he missed a two-day African Union summit on Sunday and Monday, apparently for the first time.
His wife had declined to talk to reporters about her husband, who has been at the helm of the Horn of Africa nation since 1991. One of last times Meles was seen in public was at the G20 meeting in Mexico on June 19.
Source: Herald Sun
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