Thread by @althecat

Dear @LindaT_G @AsstSecStateAF @JoeBiden,

As the US continues to pursue its agenda to secure negotiations between the GoE and the TPLF this is what is being reported in Northern Ethiopia.

The current estimate for deaths in TPLF occupied Kobo is 600+.

#UNGA #UNGAEthiopiaCrisis

https://twitter.com/Belay_Ma/status/1440554854829621257

A German @dw_amharic report on Kobo. The massacre has been discussed in Ethiopia now for several days.
Additional info:
- TPLF was fighting 2 fronts 12 km from Kobo center
- Losing they chose to regroup in Kobo & used mortars, .50 & AAA machine guns on the outskirts of town.

This story remains un-reported by Western Media, and there are no recent specific international condemnations addressing numerous reported TPLF attrocities in the parts of Amhara Region that it is occupying.

#UNGA #UNGAEthiopiacrisis

And, following the imposition of unilateral sanctions on Ethiopia on Friday (during this #UNGA) pressure continues to be applied repeatedly by US officials to get the GoE to negotiate with the TPLF terrorists.

And these remarks were made by @USAmbUN on Monday in a side meeting.

My recollection and the record records that it was the UNSG @antonioguterres who called for the open meeting on Ethiopia on July 19, albeit perhaps with @USAmbUN's support.

@antonioguterres @USAmbUN This call came, like Friday's US sanctions, moments after TPLF experienced a significant defeat, in that case at Debre Tabor.

Days later July 23rd, before the meeting, the U.S. Secretary of State @SecBlinken issued this statement. state.gov/sanctioning-er…

@antonioguterres @USAmbUN @SecBlinken Speaking during this #UNGA both @JoeBiden and @USAmbUN have spoken out against coercive economic power being used against poorer nations. Before the war in Tigray even started the U.S. sanctioned Ethiopia over its failure to agree to #GERD mediation.

@antonioguterres @USAmbUN @SecBlinken @JoeBiden This very week, during the #UNGA, threats of coercive economic power are being held over the Government and People's of Ethiopia in an effort to compel them to negotiate with former U.S. allies/proxies who are terrorising Ethiopia.

@antonioguterres @USAmbUN @SecBlinken @JoeBiden It will not escape notice by the assembled nations of the world attending #UNGA that the United States is turning a blind eye to atrocities committed during its solemn assembly, by the TPLF, of exactly the same nature that the Govt. of U.S. constantly accuses Ethiopia of.

This is not only a clear double-standard, it is an affront to the dignity of the United Nations General Assembly itself. #UNGAEthiopiaCrisis.

The U.S. failure to condemn TPLF renders the fine words @POTUS @JoeBiden delivered yesterday meaningless.

/ENDS