Ethiopia Welcomes Peace Deal With Tigray Front
Date
11/9/2022 6:20:28 AM
(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) CAIRO, Nov 3 (KUNA) -- Ethiopia's government welcomed on Thursday the agreement reached with the northern rebel group in the Tigray region which would cease hostilities after two years of brutal conflict.
A breakthrough agreement announced earlier between the federal government and Tigrayan regional authorities to cease hostilities has been hailed also as 'a welcome first step' by UN chief Antonio Guterres, but crucial details remain unclear, with no mention of Eritrea, a key player in the conflict.
Ethiopia news agency quoted a statement by the government as saying affirmed on the importance of respect to the country's sovereignty, commitment to uphold the constitution, and national unity.
The two years war's toll is unknown, but the US envoy to the UN, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, recently said that the devastation and deaths 'rival what we're seeing in Ukraine'.
'Over two years of conflict, as many as half a million people have died, and the United States is deeply concerned about the potential for further mass atrocities.'
The war erupted on November 4, 2020, following tensions between the federal government and the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), which dominated Ethiopian politics for nearly three decades until the election of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmad in 2018.
Tigray has faced severe shortages of food and medicines and limited access to electricity, banking and communications, with UN warnings that hundreds of thousands of people were on the brink of famine. (end)
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