U.S. envoy Feltman to visit Ethiopia Thursday for meetings with officials

FILE PHOTO: U.N. Under-Secretary for Political Affairs Jeffrey Feltman speaks during a news conference in Colombo March 3, 2015. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte/File Photo

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa Jeffrey Feltman will visit Ethiopia on Thursday for meetings with senior government officials to discuss peace talks, a senior State Department official said.

"Feltman will be in Addis on Jan. 6 for meetings with senior government officials to discuss peace talks," the official said.

(Reporting by Humeyra Pamuk; Writing by Daphne Psaledakis; Editing by Mark Porter)