Ethiopia declares its willingness to hold peace talks with the Regional Government of Tigray, with conditions



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Elements of the Amhara militia, fighting alongside federal forces against the northern region of Tigray

Ethiopian authorities said Tuesday that they will not hold peace talks in the northern Tigray region with the provincial government unless all military equipment is destroyed, federal officials are released and leaders of the region are arrested.

This came after a federal government spokesman confirmed that the Ethiopian Army Northern Command compound in the capital of the troubled Tigray region fell into the hands of local forces.

“In Mekele, local forces managed to subjugate the entire complex because there were not enough weapons and personnel there,” said Radwan Hussain, spokesman for the newly established government emergency fighting force in Tigray.

Hussein added that federal forces were forced to retreat across the border into Eritrea before regrouping and returning to fight local forces.

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