Mekelle፡Teklaviv, Nairobi, Pretoria, London,March 13፡2025 (Tigray Herald)
Western embassies,EU member states ‘monitoring ongoing developments and the escalating tensions’ in Tigray
A group of Western embassies and EU member states say they are “monitoring ongoing developments and the escalating tensions” in #Ethiopia’s Tigray region.
In a joint statement, they said they reaffirmed support for the 2022 Cessation of Hostilities Agreement, stressing that “there must be no return to violence” and urging all parties to “de-escalate and engage in urgent dialogue.”
The Embassies of the United States, UK, New Zealand, Japan, Norway, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czechia, Denmark, Germany, Ireland, Greece, Spain, France, Italy, Luxembourg, Hungary, the Netherlands, Austria, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Finland, Sweden, and the Delegation of the EU said they “re-emphasize our full support for the Cessation of Hostilities Agreement of November 2022, which silenced the guns. There must be no return to violence. We strongly urge all parties to protect the Agreement by de-escalating and engaging in urgent dialogue. We stand ready to support.”
Recent divisions and power struggles within the TPLF are deepening, fueling uncertainty. Marking the latest tensions, the Tigray Interim Administration, led by President Getachew Reda, has on Wednesday accused “certain military elements” of “attempting a coup” to undermine the peace deal in the region, and urged the federal government and international community’s support to prevent further instability.
Similarly, three opposition parties based in Tigray echoed concerns over divisions within the Tigray security forces, warning that power struggles pose a serious risk to the region’s future.
The TPLF faction led by its Chairman Debrestion Gebremichael rejected what it said was a call for “third-party intervention” in Tigray, and warned that such moves threaten the Pretoria Agreement. It also condemned the suspension of four senior military leaders as an attempt to “disband” the Tigray Army, which it calls the region’s “guarantor of peace.”
The faction accused elements within the Interim Administration of betraying Tigray’s national interests and warned of an escalating crisis.
