Getachew: Ethiopia lying, thousands of Eritrean troops still in TigrayTPLF spokesman Getachew Reda – then Ethiopian Government Communication Affairs Office Minister – addresses a news conference on violent protests that had been taking place in the Oromiya Region in November, 2015, in Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa on February 25, 2016. [Photo by REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri]MEKELLE, Ethiopia - The federal republic of Ethiopia is misleading the world about the alleged withdrawal of Eritrean troops from the Tigray region, the Tigray People's Liberation Front [TPLF] has sided while recognizing efforts by the foreign troops to vacate from various fronts in compliance with the Nairobi and Pretoria peace accord. Getachew Reda, the spokesperson of the outfit and one of the negotiators, said the statement attributed to Major General Teshome Gemmechu Directorate General of Defense Foreign Relations and Military Cooperation of Ethiopian National Defense Forces [ENDF], was both "inaccurate and misleading". One, it’s factually inaccurate as, despite commendable signs of withdrawal of non-ENDF forces, there are thousands of Eritrean and Amhara forces in Tigray," he said in a tweet. There have been concerns that the Eritrean troops are yet to completely withdraw from Tigray even with reports that a number of them have left Shire and Axum, an ancient town in the northern region.

Source: Ethiopian News January 29, 2023 18:31 UTC