Addis Ababa, December 14, 2021 (Walta) – Ambassador Henok Teferra said we will fight to the death to Protect Ethiopia.
In his exclusive interview with France Culture, a French public radio channel and part of Radio France, he ambassador said, “The joint report, which was publicly accepted by the government, was rejected by the TPLF. Why is did it reject this report? Because this report established a number of truths. First, it refuted the idea that the government used famine as a weapon of war. Second, the report refutes the idea that there was any form of genocide that was committed in Tigray.
The report highlights that the biggest massacres that have been perpetrated in this conflict have been perpetrated by the TPLF, and in particular the MaiKadra massacre, committed at the start of the conflict, a year ago, or more over 1,000 civilians, men, women, and children have been slaughtered just because they belong to a certain ethnic group, he added.
The report, therefore, shed light on many truths and misinformation circulating in the press under the influence of the TPLF. Based on this report, several people have already been brought to justice and even sentenced by court-martial for human rights abuses.
According to the information obtained from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the ambassador said Ethiopia takes all aspects of this report seriously at the highest level, while the TPLF categorically rejects it.