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would cost to thank you so much for joining me on up front. it's been now a year since the beginning of the conflict between your government and the to grand people's liberation front the t p. i left the humanitarian situation. the region continues to get worse. they are now 400000 ethiopians facing starvation at the moment. but what is your government doing? what does ethiopian government doing to help them? well, as i have mentioned, the t peer left started this conflict last year in november, attacking and seizing the e t a pan northern command headquarters in to cry. through this process in the past, so 4 or 5 months of thousands were also killed and hundreds of women have been great by this. the terrorists group militants said the t p life and their supporters are at this moment. and it's an important point that you bring up this idea of sexual violence and many other atrocities that are happening in the region

. but i want to just bring it back to the humanitarian question for a moment. and just to clarify, i didn't say that the ticket at the tpl, if started the war, said that the, the conflict started between your government and the t p. a left a year ago. what the question is, but what is the ethiopian government doing to help the people who are suffering due to this humanitarian crisis, the 400000 ethiopians who are facing starvation. my question is, what is the government doing in response to that? well, the government is doing everything in its power to address that humanitarian crisis in all that to cry the i'm hata and the alpha regions a wet mainly the t p elephant, their supporters. i've basically pretending that that, to great bridge and is that made victim of the federal system that they basically once cruelly dominates it. but yet their supporters and the malicious are the ones that you know attacking the original a states of amada and off i regions. and committee,

very cruel crimes against humanity. so let me, let me just pause you just for a moment. ok, again i understand your position and we are we're, we'll have plenty of time to sort of unpack your concerns in your critique of the t p left. but my question is really around the humanitarian response. and the reason why this question is so urgent to people is because last month or after the you in a cheap martin, griffith's called on your government to facilitate access to today. the government response was to expel 7 top you in a humanitarian workers in the country. at the same time, the hundreds of thousands of ethiopians are desperate for food and medical supplies . i'd like to talk about again, not so much with the t p l f is doing, but what the, if you're been government is doing to address the humanitarian issue of, of, of, of hunger, of famine, et cetera. but also how you respond to these criticisms that people are being literally pushed out who are providing the aid. well, for many months now of the ip in government has been facilitating every effort,

including those efforts by the united nations, to gate foods and aid to those he meet, however, that he pay left the have led to the work lives of the world. that said, this efforts have been properly addressed. i can mention one number for you in here . more than 1100 trucks have been that we are transporting food and aid to the to grey region. but more than 800 of them haven't been returned from tech. right? those trucks have been used after that, they were seized by this telescope and took right. they were used for military purposes. they were not traded back to their intended purposes. this is one thing that the federal government is trying to a project that the world should know that this terrorist group is using the agenda . alpha humanitarian aid to project that the federal government doesn't care for

its people. but the fact is to the opposite of that because the, the federal government has been trying to push whatever is needed for that bad people integrate. and also for that people and i'm hot and off. i regents, most of the international community kind of neglects neglects that their region, a communities that have been displaced from their homes because of digression by the t p i left and i'm hot enough outage and also need humanitarian assistance. that is what the federal government is trying to address at this point. but the ftp left is basically stopping the that the activities of the federal government to address those humanitarian needs in our, in those areas affected by the conflict. so i understand your position of the t p l f is the reason why aid is not getting to the people in the region who need it. are outside agencies outside entities are saying something quite different,

a 100 trucks a day are needed in aid, according to the united nations. ah, to, to get the ticket. i only about 10 percent about 10 trucks a day, or actually getting there again, you and h. martin griffith suggests that it's the ethiopian government that has not done what it needs to do to facilitate the process. in addition, it's not just you and officials this year. your government also ordered a 3 months suspension of the activities of the norwegian refugee council. and of a branch of doctors without borders in just last week, 17 to our truck i was working for the world food program were arrested by government forces. what do you say to that? well, that is one of the narratives that the t p life is trying to projects that, that the federal government is neglecting its people, which is the opposite. as i mentioned before, the terrorist group is basically stopping the activities off. so this is the, this is the united nations, this is doctors without borders. this is the norwegian refugee council. this is the

world food program. but this isn't simply a t p l if narrative, i mean is there, are you saying that all of this information is simply misinformation? basically what the t caliph is doing as promoting aggression. arrived at the region of administration off i'm hata and alpha digits, which are mainly their routes where the aid trucks can be passing through. so where their, the aggressions are going through that federal government is trying to, of promote and also facilitates that the necessity and the needs of that people in to ryan. also, i'm hata in our fudge. and, but in that to great region, mainly that the aggression from the t pay left has stopped almost all of that communication and own so the transportation off this aid trucks because of this, that cheap enough has continued using that propaganda that they have federal government is using hunger, i've been to inflict in that to gray, a bridge and,

and state but which is completely false at this narrative. i want to move on because, according to amnesty internationally, your government has already committed what could amount to war crimes. they published a report last august, detailing how soldiers and militia aligned with your government, or using sexual violence as a weapon of war and subject to women, to quote, rape, gang, rape, sexual slavery, sexual mutilation, and other forms of torture. how does the hampton i want to mention the same report that was brought up by amnesty international of probably last week that says that gang raped was also being used by the t p. i left of soldiers and malicious around and foss. much i bet is one very simple and very narrow example that we can mention here that more than 100 women where gone great to buy the t pay less for soldiers and militias. they were also subject to in human acts

and also where a subject to very heinous crimes by this at telescope. but i'm talking about the actions at this moment of the ethiopian government. we keep pivoting to the tpl f. i'd like you to talk about how these types of alleged sex crimes happen committed by the ethiopian government, based on this amnesty international point, not the tpl. if, how does this happen from the perspective of the ethiopian government? what basically they took in common that government is committed to ensure that all perpetrators of the serious crimes will be brought to justice, which is also being undertaken by the national court here. a basically that the seriousness of the government is demonstrated because we have allowed the united nation commission for human rights to conduct investigations on the actions of the day. if you have been a soldier, the if your penn national defense force and also that human rights commission was

part of this a project that joint project and investigation, acknowledging the wrong doings. or of some e n d f. the members of the government that has already been undertaken and there have been a the government has taken the initiative to undertake this m. a small group of small members of they have been national defense force members to that justice system that we have already in the country. so that is one thing that the government has done, acknowledging the wrong banks, and also taking action accordingly. the numbers seemed quite low though i mean prime minister abbey amid to your point, said in march that any soldier responsible for raping are women in looting. communities in the region will be held accountable, numerous in jails. numerous observers have documented the systematic use of rape as a weapon of war into good i. and yet they have been only slightly over a dozen soldiers actually convicted if the government is really committed to this. and we've seen, you know, dozens of interviews, just amnesty international alone,

interviewed a 63 survivors of raping other sexual violence. so if there's such a wide scale, systematic use use of rape as war. why are we only seeing a dozen soldiers convicted? i mean, it's hard to believe that the government is taking this type of violence seriously, by the way, the international community, and also the international media basically forgets that at this point the a t p left harris group is actively attacking those neighboring regions of am. hara and i'll fire regions because of that millions have been displaced. thousands of people have been killed and hundreds and more than hundreds of people. more than hundreds of women have been raped, gang raped by this terrorist scope, malicious data, national community, and the media by itself. cubes for getting back to this at tier to scope is now i talking bills groups that if you're penn national defense force hasn't been in that

tig. right? there is no war intakes i'm would have to push back. so i'm gonna have to push back on that just last week, amnesty international, publish a similar accusations of sexual violence against the t p. a left. so they're not ignoring this. this isn't a biased report. they're saying that this is happening on both sides. and again, i intend to ask is the same questions that people have represent representatives. what i was asking about about, about ethiopian government. and again, there seems to be a hard sharp pivot toward the t p left. whenever the ethiopian government is subjected to scrutiny here, but i guess i'll have to move one up. both parties are coming under increased pressure from the international community to sit down to negotiate and to come up with a peaceful solution to this conflict. the african unions envoy olu sharon obasanjo was in the country last mother this month. in fact, with canyon president rural kenyatta. do you agree with them that the only way for it is to dialogue in that's how we'll get into these hostilities?

well, the, basically the t p i left is designated a terrorist group by the household, people's representatives that speak to the whole country on behalf of the tippin people. so any such move, 1st of all, will have to be dependent on the will and the voice of the people through the house of people's representatives. that's taking that into consideration, that open government has been supporting dr if it is of the special envoy, president obasanjo. and it's a quest for the truth and in its quest in his quest to find what is going on on the ground, the from old sex all said the conflict. and if can government will basically continue supporting this piece, processed by the this is special envoy. so lemme would cost to thank you so much for joining me on up front. ah,

barry the enemy? that's what ethiopian prime minister abbey, amid said recently from the country's military headquarters in addis ababa. the enemy he's talking about is the t p. a left the to grind people's liberation front, the political party that govern the country for decades before abbey was elected prime minister in 2018. you've heard the government's perspective. well, joining me now to share the view from the other side is to say her, asked adam and adviser to the regional state government of to grey and former ambassador to the you in. so say her asked it on, thank you so much for joining me on up front. a year ago, you said the to grade people want to live in peace as equals with the rest of ethiopians. no more, no less than yet. the t p a left in partnership with the coalition of anti government groups is making in advance toward addis ababa the capital. how could that possibly be considered a pursuit of peace among equals? thank you for having me there. again, as you've said, it has been a year and

a couple of weeks soon as sir avia had declared genocide on what on the people to cry. and what i said then it remains the same. the truth that is to get i is and that a complete city right now, people are dying. that is an oil power. there is an old telephone van king. there is a continuation of the war, sort of starvation of the 7 renewed people into her eye. and we have no other choice, but to go forward and break the siege. we have no other algeria multry. this again, we want to, to break sushi, seek and peace, and bring peace to our people. we wanted to monitor and age. we wanted to talk to other e to pianists who want to lives in res piece, like we do, therefore,

the, the advancement of the ticket i forces toward this at this hour is nothing more, nothing less than to break the siege. and to bring about change. the security and safety of the ticket i people but, but this advancement right now has caused a great great amount of human lives. i mean, in august, you an aid chief morton. griffith said that more than 250000 had been displaced in the am. hara and afar regions are more recently the government is said that numbers closer to a 1000000, there's a huge human cost. is it worth it? it is. what is it? no human life is wars her anything, but it is oars as far as the people of to get our concern. we have no other choice . we are left. her blocked her. the wallet has forgotten us. genocide has been committed against our people. children are dying. you are asking

me if the people of ticket i should be sitting there and condemned to days. we wanted to shorten the suffrage. we don't want to, people over, aha, are far to go through what we have ones who for the 2. for the last one, humans would say that this was placement is happening in am harder in a far that you're referencing that's c p a less as the responsibility. no it is. it is, it is a war, sir. the ticket i have horses are engaging in hot pursuit of what the 80 to appear nationally. foreign forces are doing to them. they are protecting themselves. do we have good people are suffering because of this war? it goes without saying, but the solution is not there to condemn the ticket people and to stop the to grounds. it is for the central government to make to come to each sense. and either it would be defeated militarily or it house no. to negotiate. and to have to come to some kind of the transitional arrangement. recently,

the t p 118 other anti government groups, and now the formation of the united front of ethiopian federalist. and can federalist forces. one member of the allied group said the next step will be to organize ourselves and totally dismantle the existing government, either by force or negotiation. is that an accurate assessment of your objective? that is, let me say, let, let me clarify. the united front has, ah, ah, short term, and a medium and long term agenda. in the short term, this 9 ottoman groups that are wooden war again, is the central government at one lever or another. wanted to coordinate amongst themselves or no joint command, militarily capacity in, in every aspect of it to shortens us genocidal war or pressure the government to come to negotiating table and have sunk a transitional arrangement. if he refuses,

it will be defeated militarily, but the political solution remains the same. this is the shorter term in the following, the demise of this government in our d'silva. we wanted to call up on all other us army, not armed. the stakeholders in utopia compton negotiating table all inclusive. and then we'll see what kind of transition arrangement to we'll have. one way of the other. the auction is that abby hammered of our limited let's move on to talk a bit about the humanitarian crisis in the region. there are famine like conditions right now that a sweat, the to gray region. in fact, it is the worst of starvation crisis in the world. according to the united nations, are estimates from various internationally groups and the u. s. government say anywhere from roughly half to 1000000 people are facing starvation right now. but is a military advancement going to stop the famine?

as you right lose heard to get i is in our facing a starvation and her sadly establishing is used as a weapon of war. the saddest thing is that his food medicine in the fuel just few kilometers across the border from to grey that abbey hammered, has denied us to you to, to, to bring it to the people. the international community have a st enough medicine fuel. and he has denied us, he has broken us. yes, we have been dying for madison now. and the only way we can come out of the city is to break the seach and bring him out. it's around 8 from the is the national committee. but sir, that the criticisms about blocking or denying access to necessary aid aren't just directed at ethiopian government. the united states agency for international development has accused the t p. a left of looting, humanitarian aid warehouses,

trucks, particularly in the m ha to region. how can you justify this with hundreds of thousands of people in eith? you'll be right now, are desperate for food, who are in desperate need of medical supplies. how can you justify the brocade of humanitarian aid from djibouti to ticket? i squarely, squarely stops at the gates of abbey. i'm it. he has a stopped anything going to took away because he wants to start of the people. if that ticket, i army, are the doing what you are legally said they are looting. the international community has to go there. we are willing to accept united mission personnel to their places where we are out of me sitting right now where we enter in right now. and all food and services should be delivered to all the people that are in need. what am thank and what are you? good, 9 reports that members of the t p left have been looting trucks. i mean sean jones, ahead of the u. s. aid mission, ethiopia said, specifically, we know for a fact that the t p a left every town. they've gone into the looted the warehouses,

they blew the trucks, they caused a great deal of destruction in all the villages that they have visited. my question is less about the ethiopian government, more about the t p a live is a t p a left also involved in the looting? if so, why, how can it be justified? i am, i am not denying norama admitting because there is no verification of to the allegation of the years prince 30, but you also have to to you also have to remember the head of the user id have fade . either ye hammered has completely cut off to gray and he's using foot other weapon. 7000000 people are blocked off to august does not make right. the international community, including the united nation, have said to that are, is completely cut off from international aid. and that is famine into gray. it is not, it's not rhetoric, people are dying. children are day in that has not been any tracks going to to that

i seen is june, only 10 percent of the needed trucks out of that 100 trucks are supposed to enter to gray every day. abby am at has stopped us and our people are dying. this same operation should be gone to the to offer the allegations out there. what you have to do is st. united nation personal to all these areas and via verifies them and deliver food to all victims in our far in am hara, but also integrate recently earth. numerous women told amnesty international that they were raped by fighters and a t p a left during the attack on the m harder region in august. but they describing re gunpoint rob in subjected to physical and verbal assault. they said the fighters also destroyed and looted the towns, medical facilities, or what do you have to say about these reports? and i would like to get your take on these allegations are going the t p a left in particular this as you say, these are allegations and we have high respect for the communist international. and

we wanted to, to see it verified, investigated by the united nations. and if any, any one of our forces are found guilty of this, they will be accountable and they will be held accountable, but did not compare this and put it as if it is equal to was, has happened in ticket i for 8 months. we're talking about every crime been human, the history has been committed, integrate, and i do respect the report of the amnesty international. and yet, it has to be investigated in the reported if there are 15 victims of any violence by the to get i forces one is too many there will be you know, held accountable to say her asked on thank you so much for joining me on a front thank you so much for having me. all right, that's our show. a 3rd will be back next me

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