Ethiopia to Talk With Tigray Leaders Only Once Weapons Destroyed
- TPLF forces also amassing in the southeast of restive region
- Army fighting back after units driven into neighboring Eritrea
Ethiopians read newspapers and magazines reporting on the current military confrontation in the country, one of which shows a photo of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, on a street in Addis Ababa.
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Ethiopia said dialog with the restive Tigray region will only be possible once all its military equipment has been destroyed and key members of the regional government brought to justice as fighting that erupted almost a week ago appears to be intensifying.
“There will be dialog, that’s inevitable, but the question is when,” Redwan Hussein, the state minister for foreign affairs, told reporters in the capital, Addis Ababa, on Tuesday. “When is when these objective are met, once we destroy these armaments.”