As stated by Spokesperson Ned Price:
Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke with Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed today to reiterate the United States’ grave concern about the deteriorating humanitarian and human rights crisis in the country, including the growing risk of famine in Ethiopia’s Tigray region as well as ongoing insecurity in other parts of the country. The Secretary pressed for Ethiopia’s and Eritrea’s commitments to withdraw Eritrean troops from Tigray to be implemented immediately, in full, and in a verifiable manner. In addition, the Secretary noted that Eritrean forces and Amhara regional forces in Tigray are contributing to the growing humanitarian disaster and committing human rights abuses. The Secretary also stressed the need for all parties to the conflict to end hostilities immediately.
Mr Price noted that Mr Blinken reiterated Washington’s “grave concern about the deteriorating humanitarian and human rights crisis in the country .
Mr Blinken, who has said that “ethnic cleansing” is taking place in Tigray, highlighted the conflict when he appointed Mr Feltman to the position last week.
Still, Mr Blinken did welcome “the joint Ethiopian Human Rights Commission and the UN Office of the Higher Commissioner for Human Rights investigation in Tigray to document human rights abuses and stressed the need for justice and accountability measures to hold those responsible to account .
The Tigray conflict erupted last November when Amhara militias joined Ethiopian and Eritrean troops in an offensive against the Tigray People s Liberation Front. The conflict has displaced approximately one million civilians to date and has left another 4.5 million in need of humanitarian assistance.
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Most Floridians are not aware that 5.2 million lives are threatened by the ongoing humanitarian crisis occurring in the Tigray region of Ethiopia, but it is critical to U.S. interests that we do more to stem the violence. The U.S. has a strong partnership with Ethiopia that will be at risk if the Tigray conflict continues to spread to other regions, unwinding the intricate weave of ethnic balances in the country. If we fail to act to end this dangerous conflict, not only will innocent men, women, and children suffer, so will U.S. the critical regional goals of fighting terrorists, promoting economic growth, and regional peacekeeping.
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