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Erdogan backs peaceful resolution to Ethiopia’s Tigray conflict
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ADDIS ABABA, 21 August 2021, (TON): Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan backs a peaceful resolution to Ethiopia’s Tigray conflict, which has displaced tens of thousands and left millions hungry. He also says Turkey is willing to mediate between Ethiopia and Sudan to resolve a separate border dispute.
Erdogan told visiting Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed that the war-hit country’s “peace and integrity is important to us”.
Erdogan told a joint media appearance with Abiy “If the situation deteriorates, all countries in the region will be affected.”
Northern Ethiopia has been racked by fighting since last November when Abiy sent troops to topple the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), the region’s governing party at the time.
Tens of thousands of Ethiopians fled to refugee camps in Sudan to escape a conflict the UN says has pushed 400,000 people into famine-like conditions.
In July, the UN warned that more than 100,000 children in Tigray could suffer life-threatening malnutrition in the next 12 months.
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