Ethiopia, TPLF agree rebels to ‘disarm’ if Eritrea troops leave
Ethiopia’s Chief of General Staff Field Marshall Birhanu Jula (left) and TPLF’s Lt Gen Tadesse Warede during a senior commanders meeting in Nairobi on November 12, 2022. PHOTO | FRANCIS NDERITU | NMG
The Ethiopian government on Saturday agreed with commanders of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) that the rebel fighters would disarm once Eritrean troops leave the war scene.
A disarmament agreement reached in Nairobi, on the mediation of the African Union negotiators, said the rebel group had accepted to surrender both heavy and light weaponry to help end the war. But that decision would be pegged on the departure of “foreign forces”.
