The European Union (EU) announced the suspension of € 88 million in budgetary aid to Ethiopia until humanitarian agencies are allowed to reach the Tigray region, to find out the situation there, according to Reuters.
EU's top diplomat Josep Borrell, said that Ethiopian Prime Minister (PM) Aby Ahmed needs to live up to the Nobel Peace Prize he received, by doing everything he can to end the conflict in Tigray.
"We are ready to help, but unless there is access to humanitarian aid, the EU will not be able to disburse the planned budget support to the Ethiopian government," Borrell said.
Last December, Tigray's government task force said it had reached an agreement with the United Nations under which Addis Ababa would invoke decisions on the entry for aid agencies.
The war between Ethiopian federal forces and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) broke out on Nov. 4.
The conflict is thought to have killed thousands and displaced more than 950,000 people, according to United Nations estimates. About 50,000 of them fled to Sudan.
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