As Ethiopian government and the TPLF reached an agreement on Wednesday to allow cessation of hostilities, the UAE, south Africa and other international partners have welcomed the move with a view that the peace deal fulfills the aspirations of the Ethiopian people for development and prosperity and strengthens Ethiopia unity.
The UAE’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MoFAIC) commended efforts by the African Union in its valuable support for peace talks, praised the Republic of South Africa in hosting the peace talks, and the constructive role of the Republic of Kenya in the agreement that enhances stability in Ethiopia and the region.
The Ministry stressed the importance of the agreement’s terms to facilitate access to humanitarian and relief supplies, wishing that the implementation of the agreement will further achieve stability, development and growth to the country and its people.
Also, South African Government welcomes the successful negotiation and signing of the Cessation of Hostilities Agreement between the Government of Ethiopia and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF).
It says the agreement signals a commitment to ending the use of force to settle differences and disputes and confirms the correctness of South Africa’s principled position that political differences are best resolved through meaningful dialogue and diplomacy.
It emphasized that it also underscores the importance that the leaders of both sides are putting on the lives of all affected people, including soldiers, their families, women and children.
Human Rights Watch said Friday that a truce reached by Ethiopia and Tigrayan authorities earlier in the week “provides a crucial opportunity for immediate and rigorous international monitoring to avert further atrocities and a humanitarian catastrophe.”
The cessation of hostilities agreement was reached Wednesday after 10 days of talks in Pretoria, South Africa, mediated by the African Union and led by former Nigerian president Olusegun Obasanjo.
Friday marks two years since war broke out in Ethiopia’s Tigray region between Tigrayan forces and the federal government and its regional allies, including neighboring Eritrea.
The organization said it has documented “serious violations of the laws of war and human rights abuses by all parties to the conflict, including extrajudicial killings, rape and sexual violence, unlawful shelling and airstrikes, and pillage.”
