Turkey offers to mediate between Ethiopia and Sudan

ANKARA – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan connected Wednesday backed a peaceful solution for the Tigray struggle successful Ethiopia that has displaced tens of thousands and near millions hungry. He besides said Turkey was consenting to mediate betwixt Ethiopia and Sudan to resoluteness a abstracted borderline dispute.

Erdogan spoke during a associated quality league with visiting Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed. The sojourn comes amid a broadening of the struggle successful Tigray, which began successful November aft a governmental fallout betwixt Abiy and the leaders of the Tigray portion who had dominated Ethiopia’s authorities for astir 3 decades.

Thousands person been killed successful the nine-month warfare successful Tigray that has been marked by wide allegations by taste Tigrayans of pack rapes, manmade section famines and wide expulsions of Tigrayans by Ethiopian and allied forces.

“The peace, tranquility and integrity of Ethiopia, which has a strategical determination and value successful Africa, is important to us,” Erdogan said. “All the countries successful the portion volition beryllium affected by the worsening of the concern (over Tigray).”

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Erdogan, who hosted General Abdel Fattah Abdelrahman al-Burhan, president of the Sovereignty Council of Sudan, successful Ankara past week, said Turkey was besides prepared to lend toward a peaceful solution of a quality betwixt Ethiopia and Sudan implicit the Al-Fashaga region.

“We are acceptable to marque immoderate publication to an amicable solution of the problem, including mediation,” helium said.

On Wednesday, Erdogan and Abiy oversaw the signing of subject agreements, including a subject fiscal practice deal. Details of the deals were not instantly available.

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