Ethiopia Denounces US Remarks on Tigray

Ethiopian Foreign Ministry commented on Monday, on the statement of US Department of State in which it condemned the violence against civilians in the Tigray region.

The Ethiopian Foreign Ministry said in a statement posted on its Twitter account that it denounces the statements of US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, stressing that he interfered in the internal affairs of Ethiopia by calling for the withdrawal of Amhara forces from the Tigray region.

Earlier, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken called on the African Union and other international partners to help address a deepening crisis in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region as he condemned alleged atrocities in fighting there.

Blinken’s statement suggested growing frustration with the response so far from Ethiopia and neighboring Eritrea to what America’s top diplomat described as a “worsening humanitarian crisis.”