Tsadkan Gebretensae, speaking a week after the withdrawal of government forces from the Tigrayan capital Mekelle, told Reuters: "After the defeat of Abiy's forces we are saying 'Let's have a negotiated ceasefire'."
"We are restraining ourselves for a realistic political solution to the whole problem. I would like the international community to understand this situation."
"But if there is no other choice, then the next choice will be: try to resolve it militarily," he said by satellite phone from an undisclosed location.
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