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Statement by President Joe Biden on the Crisis in Ethiopia

MAY 26, 2021

• STATEMENTS AND RELEASES


I am deeply concerned by the escalating violence and the hardening of regional and ethnic divisions in multiple parts of Ethiopia. The large-scale human rights abuses taking place in Tigray, including widespread sexual violence, are unacceptable and must end. Families of every background and ethnic heritage deserve to live in peace and security in their country. Political wounds cannot be healed through force of arms. Belligerents in the Tigray region should declare and adhere to a ceasefire, and Eritrean and Amhara forces should withdraw. Earlier this week, the UN Office of Humanitarian Affairs warned that Ethiopia could experience its first famine since the 1980s because of this protracted conflict. All parties, in particular the Ethiopian and Eritrean forces, must allow immediate, unimpeded humanitarian access to the region in order to prevent widespread famine.

The United States urges Ethiopia’s leaders and institutions to promote reconciliation, human rights, and respect for pluralism. Doing so will preserve the unity and territorial integrity of the state, and ensure the protection of the Ethiopian people and the delivery of urgently needed assistance. The Government of Ethiopia and other stakeholders across the political spectrum should commit to an inclusive dialogue. Working together, the people of Ethiopia can build a shared vision for the country’s political future and lay the foundation for sustainable and equitable economic growth and prosperity.

The United States is committed to helping Ethiopia address these challenges, building on the longstanding ties between our two nations and working with the African Union, United Nations, and other international partners. U.S. Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa Jeff Feltman is leading a renewed U.S. diplomatic effort to help peacefully resolve the interlinked conflicts across the region, including a resolution of the dispute over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam that meets the needs of all parties. Special Envoy Feltman will return to the region next week and keep me apprised of his progress. America’s diplomacy will reflect our values: defending freedom, upholding universal rights, respecting the rule of law, and treating every person with dignity.


https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-roo ... -ethiopia/

[Sam Ebalalehu]

Biden is badly misinformed. If this what he has to say to be an impartial arbiter, he failed miserably. Suzan Rice might be the one who wrote this TPLF talking points.

[Jaegol]

The Ethiopian and Eritrean governments should refuse to meet him... it’s a waste of time
He’s coming not to listen but to spy and to find some openings or cracks between the allies against duket tplf and create animosity between issu and abichu
This is a messager of the evil Susan the witch and expecting any good out of this is naivety...

[temari]

The incompetence of Ethiopian foreign relations coupled with the delusion and arrogance of the US administration that is mostly driven by blind ideology makes the possibility of Ethiopia and the US becoming hostile enemies and distablizing the region very real by the day. Both sides need to go back to old school closed door diplomacy before things get out of hand.

[Sam Ebalalehu]

temari, you read too much out of the US current stand against Ethiopia. The president have no prior knowledge about Ethiopian politics. I assure you. He was fed the TPLF political line by Susan Rice and a few others which the TPLF cultivated over the years. Remember, TPLF had never cultivated relationship with Ethiopian interest in mind. No, it had been to promote TPLF. In Biden administration there are policy makers who like the TPLF politicians have the interest of TPLF, not necessarily of Ethiopia.
Does the tension will escalate ? No. Take my word the Americans blink first. This was designed to get the best outcome for TPLF, but it is not going to work. Americans have no appetite their government to mess with a country that has no any animosity towards them. Biden knows it.

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"Unfortunately, for all these efforts, little has changed and conflict rages on. The Ethiopian government continues to stubbornly pursue coercive solutions, despite clear evidence that they will not work. Now is the time for the US and its allies to act decisively to change the regime’s political calculus. The Biden administration’s recent announcement of visa bans on those perpetuating the suffering in Tigray is a good start, but more robust measures are needed."

By Bob Menendez
A US Senator, he is a democrat from New Jersey, serves as Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee

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By Gregory Meeks
A democrat representative from New York, he serves as the Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee

https://www.theafricareport.com/91941/e ... foot-down/