The negotiations have been as a consequence of be led by AU consultant and ex-Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo in South Africa.
The African Union-led peace talks proposed for this weekend to attempt to finish a two-year battle in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray area have been delayed for logistical causes, two diplomatic sources instructed Reuters information company on Friday.
Ethiopia’s authorities and rival Tigray regional forces mentioned on Wednesday that they accepted the AU’s invitation to talks in South Africa, which might be the primary formal negotiations between the 2 sides since struggle broke out in November 2020.
The battle in Africa’s second most populous nation has killed hundreds of civilians and uprooted tens of millions.
The diplomatic sources, who requested to not be named, mentioned the postponement was associated to organising logistics and {that a} new date had not but been scheduled.
Ethiopian authorities spokesperson Legesse Tulu; Redwan Hussein, the nationwide safety adviser to Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed; Getachew Reda, a spokesperson for the Tigray Individuals’s Liberation Entrance (TPLF); and Ebba Kalondo, an AU spokesperson, didn’t instantly reply to requests for remark.
The negotiations will probably be led by former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo, the AU’s excessive consultant for the Horn of Africa, supported by former Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta and former South African Deputy President Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, in line with one of many AU’s invitation letters seen by Reuters.