Date: 28/07/2021
Ref: 0042/ARP/21
On 18/07/2021, the Tigray People Liberation Front (TPLF) invaded the Afar Region occupying four districts in
Fanti-Rasu (zone 4). The main objective of TPLF invasion of Afar Region was not only to create conditions for ceasefire negotiations with the Ethiopian government by taking control over the strategic high road linking Addis Ababa to Djibouti and Assab as they claimed, but the real motive behind their invasion is to forcibly occupy Afar forcibly occupy Afar Region by killing anyone who dares to resist, dissolving the existing regional authority by establishing interim administration that is loyal to them as they did in 1991, when they organised Afar Democratic Organisation (ADO) or (QAADE), and finally to gain full control over the Afar land.
Minority Inclusion Learning Review of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Switzerland – Programmes in the Horn of Africa - Somalia
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Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin s Regular Press Conference on April 27, 2021
2021/04/27
As has been agreed through consultation, Premier of the State Council Li Keqiang and Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany Angela Merkel will co-chair via video link the 6th round of China-Germany inter-governmental consultation on April 28.
CNR: Yesterday, China announced that State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi will host a video conference against COVID-19 to be attended by five other foreign ministers. Any special background for this meeting? What do you expect out of it?
Wang Wenbin: Since the outbreak of COVID-19, China, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh have been standing together, providing assistance to one another and contributing to the regional response. Since July 2020, China has hosted a series of meetings including one on COVID-19 bringing together the foreign ministers of China, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Nepal, another on the sam