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More than a sensational, sensationalised attacks and smears. if you were serious about these terrible allegations, which involve accusations of victims being held in captivity for days and being systematically raped, some being handed over for sexual slavery, some being raped in front of their children. if you took these accusations seriously, you would have dozens and dozens of your armed forces behind bars right now. as ive said, these kinds of matters are matters we take seriously. yes, they ...

Thatis countries. so it is a process that is under way and we work with countries on these issues so i think it is too early to jump so i think it is too early to jump to conclusions and i say that based on our actions and our conduct so far our commitment to accountability is very clear. and i must also point out that we are rather disappointed and a bit dismayed by the fact that several atrocities that have been perpetrated by the terrorist people including —— against people including —�...

About these terrible allegations, which involve accusations of victims being held in captivity for days and being systematically raped, some being handed overfor sexual slavery, some being raped in front of the children — if you took these accusations seriously, you would have dozens and dozens of members of your armed forces behind bars right now. as ive said, these kinds of matters are matters we take seriously. yes, they could be sensationalised reports drawing exaggerated conclusions, but ...

Of victims being held in captivity for days and being systematically raped, some being handed over for sexual slavery, some being raped in front of their children. if you took these accusations seriously, you would have dozens and dozens of your armed forces behind bars right now. as ive said, these kinds of matters are matters we take seriously. yes, they could be sensationalised reports and there are sensationalised reports drawing very exaggerated and unsubstantiated conclusions, but we take ...

We take seriously. we dont condone this type of behaviour, we dont condone these type of human rights violations. but i should point out that some of these reports you have mentioned, there is a tendency to sensationalise, there is a tendency to draw very sweeping conclusions that are not supported by the extent and scope of the investigation. some of them have also adapted methodologies that we think are very flawed. be that as it may, as i have said earlier, both who are civilian track and the...

Seriously. we do not condone this type of behaviour, we do not condone these types of human rights violations, but i should point out that some of the reports you have mentioned, there is a tendency to sensationalise, there is a tendency to draw very sweeping conclusions that are not supported by the extent of the investigation. some of them have also adapted methodologies. be that as it may, as i said earlier, most to our civilians, militaries, we have conducted investigations. i find have cond...

In their countries. so it is a process that is under way and we work with countries on these issues so i think it is too early to jump to conclusions and i say that based on our actions and our conduct so far, our commitment to accountability is very clear. and i must also point out that we are rather disappointed and a bit dismayed by the fact that several atrocities that have been perpetrated by the terrorists against people, including children, is not being denounced, not being looked into by...

Exaggerated and unsubstantiated conclusions. but we take the victims seriously. we have conducted investigations and more than dozens of our own soldiers have been sentenced to serious, serious penalties, some including to life in prison. how many? more than 30. and... so our action speaks for itself. and in addition to this, i want to point out that the ethiopian armed forces are... the ethiopian national defence force is a disciplined fighting force. it is a force that has a long track record ...

Of sexual abuse carried out by ethiopian army forces in tigray since the beginning of this conflict. when you talk aboutjustice and accountability, what have you done about that? we are conducting and we have conducted investigations. we have held several of our own soldiers responsible, many have been court—martialled. there are ongoing investigations. these are things we take seriously. we dont condone this kind of behaviour. we dont tolerate this kind of human rights violations. but i must ...

Regardless of who the perpetrators might be, our responsibility and our position is that we conduct investigations, we establish the facts. if there are individuals who are beyond ourjurisdiction, there are established protocols and procedures to seek international legal cooperation, to work in collaboration with the authorities that have jurisdiction in neighbouring countries, so this is a process that is under way. we work with neighbouring countries on these kind of issues, so i think its too...