Prime Minister #AbiyAhmed is convening two urgent meetings of the country’s leadership for today, Sunday, Sept 18. According to a source who cited military and political leaders taking part in the meetings, the first meeting is with military leaders, 1/5
and a second one with political leaders including cabinet members. The agenda of the meetings is not clear. #US Special Envoy for the #Horn of #Africa @MikeHammerUSA who was originally scheduled to be in the region between Sept 4-15 is reportedly remains in the region. In a 2/5
recent presser by @StateDept, the Special Envoy’s meetings in #AddisAbaba were listed with no mention of whether he met Abiy Ahmed or not. His #European counterpart @EUSR_Weber met Deputy PM #DemekeMekonnen after #Tigray’s widely lauded public statement on its readiness for 3/5
peace talks under #AU-led process. The two met twice. First the Deputy PM reportedly told her his government wants to see the #TPLF disarmed as part of the talk citing Ethiopian constitution. When pressed by the EU envoy about the extraordinary nature of the war, he came back 4/5
for a second meeting to tell her that the PM is willing to take part in the peace talks provided that they are not made public. How that is possible is hard to say. If the two urgent meetings called today on a Sunday have anything to do with the peace talks remains to be seen.5/5
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