With the situation “out of control,” UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres demanded an end to the fighting in Ethiopia’s “Tigray” region. Guterres called for the “immediate withdrawal” of the Eritrean forces, and told reporters, “The situation in Ethiopia has become out of control, he has reached violence and destruction Very disturbing levels, “and the Secretary -General of the Nations stressed that” there is no military solution “to the crisis there.
The day after the African Union encouraged the “immediate” ending of the fighting, the Ethiopian government reiterated earlier on Monday its desire to participate in peace negotiations while simultaneously declaring that it wanted to retake control of federal installations in the northern Tigray area.
The government said it “has to take defensive measures to protect the country’s sovereignty and the integrity of its territory in the face of” repeated attacks “by the rebel authorities in Tigray” actively “with” hostile foreign forces, “according to the federal authorities in a statement.
The Tigray People’s Liberation Front declared that it was prepared to halt hostilities right away.
According to Gitashio Reda, spokesman for the Tigray Front, “it is a clear indicator that the government and its ally will make every effort to implement the purpose of genocide against the Tigray people.”
Guterres is needed to put an end to the fighting in Tigray since the situation has gotten out of hand.
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