President Ramaphosa to contribute as peace efforts in Ethiopia gain momentum
Behind-the-scenes diplomatic efforts led by the African Union have resulted in Abiy’s cabinet approving a framework document on national dialogue earlier this month, says academic and former South African ambassador to Eritrea, Iqbal Jhazbhay.
President of the Tigray region, Debretsion Gebremichael, who also chairs the Tigrayan People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), on Monday in a letter announced the TPLF’s withdrawal back to Tigray. In it, he also called for an “all-inclusive dialogue in which all political parties and constituencies within Ethiopia are fully and fairly represented”.
After more than a year of conflict between Ethiopia’s central government and the rebel TPLF, Jhazbhay on Friday in a webinar of the Ethiopian Professionals Association in Southern Africa said: “There are some positive signs ahead”.
Debretsion also said: “I know the Ethiopian Prime Minister has written to President Ramaphosa and they’re looking forward to gleaning from many of the South African experiences of reconstruction and the questions on how to manage what we call military groups, or insurgent groups, or rightwing groups.”
He added that any national peace dialogue, in the South African experience, could be “a long, hard journey,” but the peace struck between Eritrea and Ethiopia in 2019 with Abiy at the helm after two decades of conflict showed that “nothing else is impossible”.
Jhazbhay said “quite diplomatic efforts” were made by AU Commission chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat, as well as current AU chair and Democratic Republic of Congo President Félix Tshisekedi, last year’s AU chair, Ramaphosa, and next year’s AU chair, Senegalese President Macky Sall.
Abiy tweeted just over 10 days ago that he had “constructive phone discussions” with the three presidents and that they would “continue working on strengthening bilateral and continental relations”.
The details of what they discussed have not been made public.
On the same day, he also spoke to Mahamat as well as UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres.
Meanwhile, the recent announcement by Debretsion that Tigrayan forces would withdraw back into Tigray could mark a possible step towards a ceasefire in the conflict.
Debretsion, in a letter to Guterres dated 19 December, maintained that his forces are “intact and undefeated on the ground”, but said that the withdrawal was in reaction to calls by the international community as well as the Ethiopian government.
“We trust that our bold act of withdrawal will be a decisive opening for peace,” he wrote, adding that he hoped that the UN could continue with its humanitarian efforts and prevent starvation.
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የእናቴን መቀነት ባልታጠቅ ነው ያለችው ጦጣ ፌዝ ይመስላል። ለሁሉ ነገር የማብቂያ ቀን አለው ( expiration date)። አሁን የፌዘኞች አፍቃሪ ትህንግ ዐባይ ትግራይ የጸጸት ወሬ ሳምንት ነው እንጅ በፊት እንድህ ተብሎ ነበር ስለዚህ......... ምንም አይሰራም። ያሸነፈ ታሪክ ይጽፋል። ዐባይትግራይ ትህነግ ታሪክ ሁኖ አልፏል።
ቁጭቱ እና ልዳማው አልወጣ ካላችሁ ይህን የአማረ ስንኝ ምክር እህ ብሎ መኮምኮም ነው። እራሳችሁን ለአድሱ እውንታ አለማምዱ። መሸነፍንም እኮ መቀበል ጀግንነት ይጠይቃል። በቃ ምድረ ትህነግ ፈሪዎች ናቸሁ ማለት ነው እሬሳ አንጠባጥባችሁ ብቻ አይደለም የምትሸሹት እውነትም መጋፈጥ አትችሉም። ፈሪዎች!
ምን ያለው አሞራ -ግንዱን ታቅፎታል፥
ከሚወዱት ጋራ ማን ሲኖር አይቶታል። Well is done, game over. There is no more Abay Tigray Republic stealing others territories and people to wrongly inflate Tigres numbers.
የእናቴን መቀነት ባልታጠቅ ነው ያለችው ጦጣ ፌዝ ይመስላል። ለሁሉ ነገር የማብቂያ ቀን አለው ( expiration date)። አሁን የፌዘኞች አፍቃሪ ትህንግ ዐባይ ትግራይ የጸጸት ወሬ ሳምንት ነው እንጅ በፊት እንድህ ተብሎ ነበር ስለዚህ......... ምንም አይሰራም። ያሸነፈ ታሪክ ይጽፋል። ዐባይትግራይ ትህነግ ታሪክ ሁኖ አልፏል።
ቁጭቱ እና ልዳማው አልወጣ ካላችሁ ይህን የአማረ ስንኝ ምክር እህ ብሎ መኮምኮም ነው። እራሳችሁን ለአድሱ እውንታ አለማምዱ። መሸነፍንም እኮ መቀበል ጀግንነት ይጠይቃል። በቃ ምድረ ትህነግ ፈሪዎች ናቸሁ ማለት ነው እሬሳ አንጠባጥባችሁ ብቻ አይደለም የምትሸሹት እውነትም መጋፈጥ አትችሉም። ፈሪዎች!
ምን ያለው አሞራ -ግንዱን ታቅፎታል፥
ከሚወዱት ጋራ ማን ሲኖር አይቶታል። Well is done, game over. There is no more Abay Tigray Republic stealing others territories and people to wrongly inflate Tigres numbers.