[News] Washington: The immediate withdrawal of Eritrean forces from Tigray is essential to halting the violence

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The US State Department said in a statement, "The immediate withdrawal of the Eritrean forces and the Amhara forces from the Tigray region is essential to the cessation of hostilities in the region."

 

The US State Department affirmed, “The United States is deeply concerned about the atrocities that have been reported, and the deteriorating general situation in the Tigray region of Ethiopia,” noting “the need to declare a cessation of hostilities by all parties to the conflict, and to allow the unimpeded delivery of humanitarian aid in Tigray.” “.

 

She stressed that "the United States is committed to working with the international community to achieve these goals and to achieve this goal," revealing that "the United States Agency for International Development will deploy a response team in Ethiopia, to continue providing assistance and saving people."
 
The statement pointed out that the US State Department communicated with the Ethiopian government regarding “the need to end the violence in the Tigray region and hold those responsible for the violations accountable,” in addition to “the need for unimpeded humanitarian aid to reach Tigray, and to allow a full and independent international investigation into reports of human rights violations. Human rights, abuses and atrocities.

 

"ethnic cleansing"
A confidential US government report revealed that Ethiopian officials and allied armed factions are leading a "systematic campaign of ethnic cleansing" in the war-torn Tigray region, northern Ethiopia.

 

The report, of which the American newspaper "The New York Times" obtained a copy, said that armed men and officials from neighboring Amhara province, who entered Tigray, "intentionally and efficiently make Western Tigray into an ethnically homogeneous region through the systematic use of force and intimidation."

 

The report, written earlier this month, paints in strong terms a documented picture of the land of looted homes and abandoned villages, where tens of thousands of people face an unknown fate.

 

The newspaper pointed out that “Amnesty International” said in a second report, published on Friday, that “soldiers from Eritrea” systematically killed hundreds of civilians in Tigray in the ancient city of Axum, over a period of 10 days in November, and shot some of them in the streets.

 

 On the other hand, Ethiopia rejects the criticism of its campaign in Tigray, and describes its critics as "agents" of its enemies there.

Abiy Ahmed launched a military campaign in Tigray on November 4 after months of tension with the ruling party in the territory, the Tigray People's Liberation Front, which ruled Ethiopia with an iron fist for nearly three decades, until Abe came to power in 2018.