The Ethiopian government and Tigray forces have set up a hotline following a ceasefire reached last week, African Union chief mediator Olusegun Obasanjo said on Monday.
The Ethiopian government and Tigray regional forces agreed on Wednesday to cease hostilities, a dramatic diplomatic breakthrough two years after a war that has killed thousands, displaced millions and threatened hundreds of thousands with starvation.
Representatives of the Ethiopian government and the Tigray Forces are meeting in in the Kenyan capital Nairobi to discuss how to start implementing the ceasefire agreed last week. The talks are expected to last three to four days.
For me, the first sign of progress after the deal was signed is the fact that they exchanged a hotline between themselves," Obasanjo said at a news conference in Nairobi, where the two sides will hold further talks this week
Former Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta, a comedian at the talks, said he hoped the sides could work together to find a lasting solution to the problem. “We started in Pretoria, we're slowly getting closer. Now we are in Nairobi, we are very confident that next time we will be in Mekelle for our (next) meeting and finally celebrate together in Addis Ababa,” Kenyatta said of the capitals from South Africa, Tigray region and Ethiopia respectively.
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