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Sudan PM Visits Ethiopia for Talks on Restive Tigray Region

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   Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok briefly visited Addis Ababa
   Sunday for talks on Ethiopia's restive Tigray region, where fighting
   has caused tens of thousands of people to flee to neighboring Sudan.
   "I look forward to having productive discussions on political,
   humanitarian and security matters of common concern that serve the
   future of peace, stability and prosperity for our two sisterly nations
   and the region," Hamdok wrote on Twitter early in his visit.

     Arrived at Addis Ababa today to meet with PM [1]@AbiyAhmedAli. I
     look forward to having productive discussions on political,
     humanitarian and security matters of common concern that serve the
     future of peace, stability and prosperity for our two sisterly
     nations and the region. [2]pic.twitter.com/7fMTzNhPaQ
     -- Abdalla Hamdok (@SudanPMHamdok) [3]December 13, 2020

   Hamdok's visit was initially scheduled to last for two days, but he
   returned to Sudan after a few hours. It was not clear why the trip was
   cut short.
   Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed says the violence in Tigray has
   stopped and that there is no need for Sudan's offer to broker a
   cease-fire.
   Tigray, the northernmost of Ethiopia's nine regional states, defiantly
   held elections in September from which Debretsion Gebremichael emerged
   the leader, despite Prime Minister Abiy's decision to postpone the
   polls, citing the coronavirus pandemic.
   Ethiopia's government took military action against Tigray after the
   region's forces attacked a military camp of federal troops November 4,
   according to Prime Minister Abiy. The Abiy government considers the
   regional government, led by the Tigray People's Liberation Front, or
   TPLF, as illegitimate. The TPLF denied staging the attack.

References

   1. https://twitter.com/AbiyAhmedAli?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
   2. https://t.co/7fMTzNhPaQ
   3. https://twitter.com/SudanPMHamdok/status/1338041501893484544?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

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