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The statement comes at a time when the world community has put strong pressure on the winner of the peace prize to end the two-week conflict.
The Nobel Committee is among those who have expressed grave concern over the escalation, which has already claimed hundreds of lives and forced at least 25,000 people to flee across the border into Sudan.
The offensive is directed at the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), which controls the region in the northeast of the country. On Tuesday morning, airstrikes were again reported against the most important city in the Tigray region, Mekele.
On Friday, Abiy declared that the TPLF was in its “fight to the death”, while giving the region’s forces three days to “rise up” and join the national army.
– Since the deadline has expired, the latest activities related to the introduction of law and order will take place, Abiy writes on Facebook on Tuesday.
Government forces claim control of the western part of Tigray, where there has been heavy fighting, while TPLF leader Debretsion Gebremichael has said that the regional government and the people of Tigray will be able to retain control of the territory.
– This match cannot be ended. As long as the army of invaders is in our country, the fight will continue. They cannot silence us with military force, he says.
