Saturday November 5, 2022
Mogadishu (HOL) - Somalia’s government welcomed the peace agreement reached by the Ethiopian government and Tigray People's Liberation Front to end their two-year war, believed to have killed hundreds of thousands of people.
In a statement issued by the Somali Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Friday, the Federal Republic of Somalia commended efforts by the African Union in the peace talks.
The government congratulated the Republic of South Africa for hosting the peace talks and the positive role of the Republic of Kenya in the agreement that it hopes will bring peace and stability to Ethiopia and the region.
Somalia hoped the agreement "African problem-African Solution" would pave the way for a comprehensive Ethiopian reconciliation process. The Somali government pledged to support this agreement to become a lasting solution and a lesson to learn.
The war, which broke out in November 2020, has pitted regional forces from Tigray against Ethiopia's federal army and its allies, which include troops from other regions and neighbouring Eritrea.