US President Joe Biden called for a ceasefire and an end to “mass human rights violations” in the war-torn Tigri region of Ethiopia Visa restrictions Ethiopian and Eritrean officials are accused of exacerbating the ongoing conflict.

in a statement Biden said Wednesday that he is “deeply concerned” about the escalation of violence in Tigray and the “intensification of regional and ethnic division” in several parts of the country.

“Tigray has experienced large-scale human rights violations, including extensive Sexual violence, This is unacceptable and must end. “He says.

Biden also called on Eritrean and Amharic forces to withdraw from Tigri and asked the authorities to grant “immediate and unhindered humanitarian access to the area to prevent Widespread famine“.

“The militants in the Tigri area should declare and insist on a ceasefire, and the Eritrean and Amhara forces should withdraw.”

Since Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed sent troops to arrest and disarm the leader of the regional ruling party, the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) in November last year, thousands of people have been killed and hundreds of thousands have been killed. People are forced to leave their homes. FFive million people also need assistance.

Biden made the above comments after the U.S. State Department announced on Monday that it would impose economic and security restrictions on Ethiopia, as well as visa restrictions on current or former Ethiopian and Eritrean government officials and members of the country’s security forces.

Visa restrictions also apply to other personnel, including the Amhara region and irregular forces and members of the TPLF, which are considered “responsible or complicit in undermining the resolution of the Tigri crisis.” Say.

U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Brinken said that these measures are intended to urge a resolution of the conflict, but the Ethiopian government defendant The Biden administration interfered in its internal affairs.

The Ethiopian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Monday that if the United States continues to impose restrictions, Addis Ababa “will be forced to reassess its relationship with the United States, which may affect our bilateral relations outside the impact”.

“The U.S. government tried to intervene [Ethiopia’s] Internal affairs are not only inappropriate, they are also totally unacceptable,” the Ministry of Foreign Affairs statement said.

The Ethiopian government is facing increasing international pressure to investigate Tigri’s alleged violations of rights, including rape And other forms of sexual violence, extrajudicial executions and forced displacement.Wink Say In March, “ethnic cleansing” took place in the area.

Ethiopia has denied widespread atrocities, Say On May 21, the court convicted four soldiers of killing civilians or raping them, and tried 53 others for the same crimes, although court records have not yet been made public.

Displaced “unsafe”

Earlier Wednesday, the United Nations stated that “it was “shocked” by reports that soldiers were rounding up hundreds of displaced civilians from camps in Tigray.

According to Amnesty International and witnesses, these soldiers detained at least 200 civilians from various informal camps in the Shire, beat them and snatched their mobile phones, and then forced them into trucks.

Elisabeth Haslund, a spokesperson for the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), told AFP: “We understand that this situation is not only for the relatives of missing young people, but also for the entire displaced community in Shire. It is painful and disturbing,”

“We have observed that thousands of (displaced) people fled the scene because they felt unsafe and they thought these spaces were no longer safe.”

Senior UN officials also caveat Urgent measures must be taken to avoid widespread famine in Tigray.

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs stated in its latest news earlier this month that the Ethiopian government promised “unrestricted humanitarian access” in December last year, but due to active hostilities, most of the region, especially Rural areas are still largely cut off. (OCHA).

OCHA said that since the beginning of March, all parties to the conflict have sealed off parts of the central, southern and southeastern Tigray, warning that food insecurity in the area remains “enormous and terrifying.”