On June 14th Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has announced in the parliament of setting up of a committee led by Deputy Prime Minister Demeke Mekonnen to begin peace talks with Tigray forces.
The 18-month-old civil war In Ethiopia is finally seeing some signs of progress toward peace talks with negotiations to start soon. On June 14th Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has announced in the parliament of setting up of a committee led by Deputy Prime Minister Demeke Mekonnen to begin peace talks with Tigray forces.
The conflict that started in late 2020 in Tigray soon broke out into a civil war. The ongoing conflict along with famine, has robbed thousands of lives and forced 2 million to flee from their homes.
Acknowledging the massive economic and developmental damage to the country, he said that the committee will finalise the terms of negotiations in 10 to 15 days. Security experts are of the view that the talks have the potential to bring an end to Ethiopia’s civil war. However, they felt that sustainable peace can be achieved only by including representatives from other actors in the conflict.
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The bone of contention in the talks will be the return to the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) of the disputed region of West Tigray. The region was taken over by Amhara and national forces in the recent conflict.
