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The Ethiopian government has blamed the Tigrayans for the statement by the Director-General of the World Health Organization that the crisis in the country’s Tigray region is the “worst disaster on the planet” and the lack of attention from world leaders. criticized his claims of sexuality as “unethical”. ‘ skin color.
A spokeswoman for Ethiopia’s prime minister told journalists on Thursday that comments by WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus “do not deserve such a high-profile position”. Billene Seyoum suggested that Tedros himself was also of his Tigrayan ethnicity and that he should decline his post if he wanted to speak as such.
Six million people in the Tigray have been “under siege” for the past 21 months due to the conflict that erupted between Ethiopian and Tigray forces in late 2020, the WHO director-general claims in an emotional statement at a press conference. The next day she spoke. .
“In recent months, I have not heard a head of state anywhere in the developed world talking about the situation in Tigre. Anywhere. Why?” Tedros asked. “The reason may be the color of the skin of the Tigray people.” asked.
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The conflict in Ethiopia has had a severe impact on the region and could destabilize the strategic and sometimes turbulent Horn of Africa region.
After Tigray forces recaptured much of the area in June 2021, little humanitarian aid was allowed into the Tigray, and humanitarian workers and local medical workers struggled to find people starving to death and lacking basic medical supplies. explained that there was a shortage of
Aid has begun to flow to a greater extent in the past few months amid international mediation efforts, but the deliveries are inadequate to meet the needs of the millions of people who are essentially trapped there. Aid groups say there is still a significant shortage of fuel to deliver supplies.
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Resuming basic services and banking remains a major demand of Tigre leaders. A prime minister’s spokeswoman said Thursday that “an operational environment needs to occur” for the return of these services, including ensuring the safety of service workers in the region.
She also referred to the government’s proposal for “peace talks in the next few weeks”, stressing that there should be no preconditions. I’m looking for you,” he complained.
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She dismissed the Tigre army’s allegations of renewed attacks by Ethiopian forces as a “mechanism to divert” debate over the peace process.
The Ethiopian government has said it is ready to hold talks “anytime, anywhere”, led by an African Union envoy.
The Ethiopian government congratulated Kenya’s president-elect William Ruto within minutes of declaring an election victory on Monday in a sign that it would reject other mediation efforts attempted by neighboring Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta with the backing of the United States. said.