Mekelle፡Telaviv, Nairobi, Pretoria, London,March 28፡2025 (Tigray Herald)
PM Abiy Ahmed holds first talks with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio held discussions on March 27, marking their first official engagement since Rubio assumed office under the Trump administration.
According to a statement attributed to Spokesperson Tammy Bruce, the talks focused on efforts to “strengthen the bilateral relationship around mutual priorities,” including regional stability. Rubio also “reaffirmed U.S. support for a peaceful and prosperous Ethiopia,” the statement noted.
The U.S., under the Biden administration, was involved in the signing of the Cessation of Hostilities Agreement (#COHA) on November 2, 2022, which ended the two-year war in #Tigray, with Horn of Africa Envoy Ambassador Mike Hammer serving as “both a participant and an observer.” Since then, Washington has called for the “voluntary return” of displaced persons, “accountability and reconciliation,” and the withdrawal of “non-Ethiopian National Defense Forces” from Tigray.
