Tigray President Debretsion Gebremichael has made 4 demands of the international community. In a letter addressed to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, Tigray President says that he has ordered his forces to withdraw back into Tigray from neighboring Amhara and Afar region and the decision was made to meet the international community’s demand that Tigray forces should withdraw from Amhara and Afar.
The letter has been written right before a session of the UN Security Council on Ethiopia due to be held in the coming hours. Tigray President has made the following 4 demands in the letter:
- No fly zone over Tigray
- Arms embargo on Ethiopia and Eritrea
- Withdrawal of Amhara and Eritrean forces from western and northern Tigray for restoration of Tigray’s borders to pre-war position
- Establishment of humanitarian corridor or demilitarised route for unhindered delivery of aid to Tigray
In the coming hours, UN Security Council will meet to consider the 4 major demands of the Tigray government. The Ethiopian government is not likely to meet most of the 4 demands. Withdrawal of Amhara forces from western Tigray would be a sticking point as the Amhara region has claimed over western Tigray and the area has been disputed between Tigray and Amhara for years. It would be unlikely to reach a consensus at UN Security Council for an arms embargo on Ethiopia and a no-fly zone over Tigray. UN Security remained split in its previous session on Ethiopia, with Russia and China supporting the Ethiopian government and some western countries and the US backing Tigray. Just 4 hours ago, the Ethiopian air force once again conducted a drone strike on Mekelle, the capital city of Tigray, which indicates that the Ethiopian government sees itself in a strong position now.
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Dear Sajid. I find interesting and useful your blog. But I disagree with your handling of the ethiopian problems.
First, there Is no Tigray nor tigrayan government. There is the legítimate ethiopian government fighting the ilegal millitias led by the TPLF.
Second, these are ethiopian internal problems and must be solved by ethiopians themselves.
Third, TPLF leaders aré inviting imperialist intervention in ethiopian internal affairs. That Is utterly unacceptable.
A friend from South América
Thanks. Ethiopian govt involved Eritrea. Tplf wants to involve the west. I think all parties should acknowledge their mistakes
Eritrea was part of this war before the missiles were fired. Missiles were fired in the 2nd week of November 2020. While Eritrean forces were part of the war since the start of war on November 4.
I see in the part of UN becoming pressurized by the international community and some countries who are backing the Ethiopian government not to make a clear decision about the ongoing situation in Tigray, Ethiopia. It is known that the UN wants to make no mistakes as it is addressing the problem as Ethiopia and its supporters are wagging the matter as internal affairs. But whether we believe or not it is unfair to relate the ceasefire with some points and trying to justify the continuation of the war, as it obviously would come to an end by negotiation.
We overrate UN. UN Security Council is split over Ethiopia