In a statement issued on Monday, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Nasser Kanani said the agreement reached during peace talks between the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front to end clashes in northern Ethiopia. expressed support for
“We thank others for their constructive efforts over the past two years towards achieving national unity and lasting peace in the African Union as the main mediator, South Africa as the host of the negotiations, and Ethiopia. congratulations to all participating parties,” he said.
Kanani also expressed readiness to provide all kinds of assistance to the Ethiopian government to strengthen Iran’s peace and security, arguing that the implementation of the agreement will contribute to the stability, development, growth and peace of the country. expressed the hope that it would lead to the nation.
Last week, the Ethiopian government and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) agreed to a “permanent cessation of hostilities”, effectively ending 10 days of negotiations led by the African Union in South Africa and the civil war that began in November 2020. I was allowed to. .
The two parties to the conflict, which has killed thousands and displaced millions in the northern Tigray region, have agreed to “an orderly, smooth and coordinated disarmament” and “to restore law and order.”
According to the United Nations Commission of Experts on Human Rights, this landmark agreement puts an end to a conflict in which “war crimes and crimes against humanity” have been committed by both sides.