Colonna welcomed "good progress which we encourage to continue," at a press briefing with Baerbock. They also visited a World Food Programme distribution centre, which held 50,000 tonnes of wheat donated by Ukraine to Ethiopia and Somalia. That sent prices for agricultural products skyrocketing worldwide, hitting wheat importers in the Middle East and Africa especially hard. Basic services such as communications, banking and electricity are slowly being restored to the stricken region of six million people. Under the deal, the disarmament should take place "concurrently" with the withdrawal of foreign forces that are not part of the Ethiopian national army.

Source: Ethiopian News January 13, 2023 04:18 UTC