Eritrea: Tigray

(asked on 15th December 2022) - View Source

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an estimate of the number of Eritrean troops in Tigray the week of (a) 31 October 2022 and (b) 12 December 2022.


Answered by
Andrew Mitchell Portrait
Andrew Mitchell
Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office) (Minister for Development)
This question was answered on 4th January 2023

Although we have no estimation of the number of Eritrean troops in Tigray during these specific periods, or the number currently remaining, we reiterate our calls for Eritrean forces to leave. The November 2022 Pretoria and Nairobi peace agreements are contingent upon Eritrean troops pulling out of Tigray. Eritrea must not be a barrier to peace in northern Ethiopia or hinder humanitarian access going to those affected by the conflict.

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