Ethiopian PM Says Eritrea Has Agreed To Withdraw Forces From The Tigray Region

 

France 24: Ethiopia says Eritrea has agreed to withdraw forces from Tigray region 

 Eritrea has agreed to withdraw troops from Ethiopian territory along their common border, Ethiopia's prime minister said on Friday, days after acknowledging that Eritrean forces had entered Ethiopia's Tigray region during an almost five-month war. 

"Eritrea has agreed to withdraw its forces out of the Ethiopian border," Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said in a statement on Twitter the day after arriving in Eritrea's capital, Asmara, to meet President Isaias Afwerki. 

The Ethiopian National Defence Force will take over guarding the border area effective immediately, Abiy said. 

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