Addis Ababa, November 19, 2020 (FBC) -Ethiopians and Norwegian nationals of Ethiopian origin residing in Norway have expressed their support to the ongoing law enforcement operation in Tigray.
In a letter sent to the Norwegian Nobel Committee, they said the operation is meant to ensure peace and security in the country and maintain the territorial integrity of Ethiopia.
It is also intended to defend the rights of citizens hostaged by TPLF and to keep the federal order and to ultimately bring peace and stability in the country, they added,
In the letter, they also expressed their concern about the misinformation and defamations of the government of Ethiopia as well as the Prime Minister.
“We believe that the international community and the Nobel Committee alike are being fed with deliberately misconstrued and misleading information regarding this law enforcement operation in Tigray,” they said.
“We have even seen reports that imply that Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, as a Nobel Laureate, should have never engaged in such law enforcement actions. We believe this is utterly wrong and does not do justice to the current situation in Ethiopia.”
The immediate cause of the current conflict was the unprovoked brutal attack on the Northern command of the Ethiopian National Defence Force (ENDF) by the special forces of TPLF.
“This incident was publicly admitted in a televised discussion by a high ranking official of the TPLF, Sekoutoure Getachew. Getachew confirmed that TPLF made pre-emptive strikes against the Ethiopian army’s Northern command. In doing so, TPLF provoked the Ethiopian government to engage in law enforcement operations.”
“We believe that the conflict between the Federal government of Ethiopia and the TPLF is an act of law enforcement processes that would have otherwise never happened if the TPLF were a law-abiding and peace loving entity,” they said.