The Yemeni foreign ministry accused the Ethiopian forces of detaining a Yemeni national in Somalia, but it did not identify the Yemeni person. The Ethiopian prime minister Melease Zinawi said that the Ethiopian forces had arrested a group of Yemenis who were fighting with the forces of the Somali Islamic Courts against the Somali interim government and Ethiopian forces. Our embassy in Addis Ababa is contacting with the Ethiopian side on the case of those persons to check their identity, Yemeni foreign minister, Abu Bakr al-Qirbi, told Naspress. This is the first time Yemen and Ethiopia exchange such accusations since the Ethiopian forces have entered Mogadishu. Observers fears arouse that such statements might affect relations between Yemen and Ethiopia and the coming summit of Sana'a Forum for Cooperation supposed to be held in Addis Ababa.