The UN Security Council issued a statement on the situation in Ethiopia in eastern Africa, where fighting continues between government forces and ethnic minority forces, expressing deep concern about the spread of the conflict and calling for a dialogue for a ceasefire. I did.
In Ethiopia, the situation has been tense since the Ethiopian government declared an emergency on the 2nd of this month, as the fighting between the forces of the ethnic minority Tigray, which has been responsible for the northern state government, and the government forces has continued since November last year. ..
On the 5th, the UN Security Council compiled a statement on the situation in Ethiopia, which was announced by the UN ambassador to Mexico, the presidency of this month.
The statement raises deep concerns about the growing conflict and calls for negotiations for a permanent ceasefire and comprehensive dialogue by the Ethiopian people for peace and stability.
He also expressed strong concern about the deterioration of local humanitarian conditions and called for no restrictions on activities to deliver relief supplies.
The United Nations has dispatched Deputy Secretary-General Griffith, who is in charge of humanitarian issues, to the site to work on improving the humanitarian situation through meetings with Ethiopian Prime Minister Abbey and others.
U.S. Embassy Calls on local Americans to leave the country
"We are very concerned about the growing violence and fighting in Ethiopia and the crisis of national integration," said Porter, a deputy spokesman for the US State Department.
In addition, the US Embassy in Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, has called on local Americans to leave the country promptly, saying that the local security situation is extremely unstable.