Just In: In a phone call with PM Abiy Sec. Blinken “pressed for the immediate end to hostilities and the withdrawal of outside forces from Tigray, including Amhara regional security forces and Eritrean troops”
Secretary Blinken’s Call with Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Readout March 02/2021 - Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke today with Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed to emphasize the United States’ concern about the humanitarian and human rights crisis in Ethiopia’s Tigray region. Noting