Opposition parties ask UN to ensure Eritrean forces leave Tigray
Eritrea's President Isaias Afwerki and Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed at Asmara International Airport on March 25, 2021 when Abiy arrived for bilateral talks. PM Abiy announced on March 26, 2021 that Eritrea would pull its troops out of Ethiopia's northern Tigray region. PHOTO | COURTESY | ARON SIMENEH | OFFICE OF THE PRIME MINISTER OF ETHIOPIA via AFP
Three opposition parties in Ethiopia's embattled Tigray region have called for an internationally monitored immediate withdrawal of Eritrean forces from the northern Tigray region bordering Eritrea.
In a joint letter they wrote to the UN Security Council, the Tigray National Political Parties Forum (Salsay Weyane Tigray (SaWeT), National Congress of Great Tigray (Baytona) and Tigray Independence Party (TIP) urged the UN and larger international community to push for the immediate withdrawal of the Eritrean forces involved in Tigray war and hold them accountable for the war crimes and human rights abuses they have committed in the region over the past six months.
