Withdrawal of the rebels in Tigray: room for a ceasefire in Ethiopia?
A destroyed tank on the side of a road in the Tigray region.
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Will the return of the Tigrayan rebels of the TPLF to the Tigray region lead to a ceasefire in the country?
In any case, this is officially the request of the insurgents, who have suffered several military defeats in recent weeks.
The government in Addis Ababa is more ambiguous about possible negotiations.
It is because he has the upper hand in the military field.
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With our correspondent in Addis Ababa,
Noé Hochet-Bodin
For now, it is not yet time to talk about a ceasefire, according to Ethiopian government spokesperson Billene Seyoum.
“
We are still engaged in the final phase of this military operation, which consists of ensuring that the Tigrayan forces are driven out of the Afar and Amhara regions.
"
The Tigrayan rebels
have just left the territories they controlled
in the Afar and Amhara regions.
“
The Ethiopian government still shares calls for peace.
We want to ensure that this operation is concluded peacefully, with a political solution
, ”explains the spokesperson.
National political dialogue
Does this mean that the two parties will finally meet around the table, as the international community has been asking for for months?
Billene Seyoum is more ambiguous on this point: “
The federal government has an obligation to preserve the peace, preserve territorial integrity and must ensure that the TPLF is no longer a threat to the stability of Ethiopia.
"
The government will launch in parallel a national political dialogue with some carefully selected opposition parties.
It now seems unlikely that he could include the TPLF party in Tigray.
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