Ethiopian authorities claim they have arrested suspected TDF brokers

NAIROBI, Kenya – The Ethiopian federal government announced the arrest of at least 32 people believed to be agents of the Tigray Defense Forces [TDF], a faction in the Tigray region thatconflicts with the authorities in Addis Ababa.

The commission said Tuesday it had arrested 32 TDF officers trying to cross the border into the region into Ethiopia inorder to carry out the group’s destructive activities in the country.

The 32 people are currently in police custody awaiting trial. State media alleged the suspects were TDF collaborators and were arrested with their various weapons in the Assosa and Kurmuk districts of the region whiletrying to cross the border to commit their crimes. Entertainment missions in Ethiopia.

Most arrests are young, he said. But despite her ties to TDF, there isn’tany solid evidence.The TDF has neither confirmed nor denied any person’s association with them. Ethiopian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Demeke Mekonnen met with US Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa Jeffrey Feltman on Tuesday.

You are trying to endthe Tigray conflict in the best possible way. In his discussion, the Deputy Prime Minister said that relations between the two countries arehistorical,long-standing and based on common interests and visions.Origin of the TDF attack on the northern command of the ENDF, including all the destructive acts of the group to date, with thisbegan the conflict in the Tigray region.

The TDF force is conducting open invasions in the Afar and Amhara regions, Demeke said, highlighting the overwhelming humanitarian, economic and social crimes the group has committed in the regions indicated.

Demeke expressed the continuing expectation of Ethiopia that the United States would condemn the destructive acts of the invading forces in a manner appropriateto the relations between the two countries.

The international community should stress that the group has been disturbing the region since its inception, the MP’sSpecialEnvoy said that the United States government fully understands the views of the Ethiopian people on TDF and that the maintenance, affirmation and maintenance of sovereignty , peace and the unity of Ethiopia are the foundations. US policy towards Ethiopia.

Feltman stressed that the relationship between the two countries is of regional importance and will continue to be based on the same pillars.

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