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Ethiopia Accuses US, EU of 'Indulging' Tigray Rebels

August 05, 2022

Fred Harter

https://www.voanews.com/a/ethiopia-accu ... 88502.html


FILE - A destroyed tank is seen in a field in the aftermath of fighting between the Ethiopian National Defence Force and the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) forces in Kasagita town, in Afar region, Ethiopia, Feb. 25, 2022.

Ethiopia's government has rebuked U.S. and European envoys who visited Tigray rebel leaders this week, accusing them of siding with the rebels.

A senior Ethiopian official has accused EU and U.S. diplomats of "indulging" rebels in the northern Tigray region, after the envoys called for the restoration of services to the province.

In recent weeks, both the federal government and the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) have said they are willing to negotiate an end to the country's civil war, which began in November 2020.

Federal officials have said they are ready to start talks immediately and "without preconditions," but the TPLF is insisting that services are restored to Tigray before negotiations commence.

Following a visit to Tigray's regional capital, Mekelle, on August 2, U.S. special envoy to the Horn of Africa, Mike Hammer, and his EU counterpart, Anette Weber, called for "unfettered" humanitarian access to Tigray and for the
swift restoration of electricity, telecom, banking and other basic services
in the region.

In response, Redwan Hussein, the Ethiopian prime minister's national security adviser, said he was "dismayed" by the envoys' position, saying they
failed to press for equivocal commitment for peace talks
and
indulged in appeasement
toward the TPLF.

He also said the issue of humanitarian access has
already been long addressed.

FILE - A man walks next to a convoy of trucks on their way to Tigray in the village of Erebti, Ethiopia, June 9, 2022.

In recent months there has been a large increase in aid trucks entering Tigray, but humanitarian agencies say fuel shortages in the region hinder the distribution of supplies.

The Tigray conflict has killed tens of thousands of people and displaced millions more in northern Ethiopia.

At a press conference after the U.S. and EU envoys left Mekelle, TPLF spokesperson Getachew Reda said his side believes
the only game in town is talking, because its alternative, shooting, will have disastrous consequences.
Yet many issues remain unaddressed, including the mediator and venue for talks.

The government is pushing for a process mediated by the African Union, while the TPLF has expressed a preference for talks in Nairobi under the auspices of Kenya and the U.S.