On 19 May MVCM leader Maj. Gen. Stephen Radina said that 85 to 90% the disarmament of Tigrayan combatants was “completed.” Regardless of the disarmament progress, and the provision on the Nairobi Declaration of the Executive Plan on the concurrent withdrawal of foreign and non-ENDF forces from Tigray, however, Eritrean forces continued occupying parts of north and north eastern Tigray region while Amhara forces remain in control of western Tigray and several parts of southern Tigray.
This week, while briefing the MVCM on the implementation of the Pretoria Agreement and the work done so far, President of the Interim Administration of Tigray, Getachew Reda, told the team that Eritrean forces are “obstructing the works of” the MVCM, and called on the international community to intensify the pressure to withdraw the invading forces from Tigray and return the displaced people to their homes. The President further that the government of Tigray is fulfilling its obligations according to the peace agreement.
This week hundreds of thousands of IDPs in the Tigray region staged massive protests in major cities of the region calling on withdrawal of foreign forces and return of IDPs to their homes as well as resumption of suspended aid distribution in the region.
