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Tigray Interim President Engages Addis Ababa–Based Diplomatic Community in High-Level Consultations
Lieutenant General Tadesse Werede, President of the Tigray Interim Regional Administration, has conducted a series of high-level consultations in Addis Ababa focusing on peace implementation, economic engagement, and diplomatic outreach.
According to official sources, Lt. Gen. Tadesse recently held discussions with Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on the implementation of the Pretoria Peace Agreement and broader regional and national issues. The talks reportedly centered on the status of the peace process, outstanding political and security challenges, and steps required to advance stability and recovery in Tigray, Ethiopia.
In a separate engagement held yesterday, the interim president met senior officials of the Commercial Bank of Ethiopia (CBE). The discussions are understood to have focused on financial and economic matters, including banking services, reconstruction financing, and support for post-conflict recovery in Tigray.
Since yesterday, Lt. Gen. Tadesse has also been holding consultations with members of the diplomatic community based in Addis Ababa. President of the Tigray Interim Administration, Tadese Worede, has reaffirmed that both the Tigray government and the people of Tigray remain firmly committed to peace, stressing that there is no intention or pathway toward renewed war from the Tigrayan side.
He underscored that lasting stability depends on the full and credible implementation of the Pretoria Peace Agreement, calling on the international community to move beyond rhetorical support and exert concrete pressure to ensure compliance. Central to this, he said, are the safe and dignified return of internally displaced persons (IDPs) and the withdrawal of non-ENDF forces from Western Tigray, which remains a core and unresolved provision of the agreement.
President Tadese warned that delays in implementation risk undermining public confidence in the peace process and prolonging humanitarian suffering. He emphasized that peace cannot be sustained without justice, territorial resolution, and the restoration of civilians to their homes pillars that the Pretoria accord explicitly guarantees..
The meetings come amid continued efforts by federal authorities, regional administrations, and international partners to consolidate peace following the two-year the most devasting war, address humanitarian challenges, and support long-term recovery and political normalization in Tigray and the wider region.
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