The rebel leadership of Ethiopia’s Tigray region has demanded a full withdrawal of Eritrean troops and the fighters of the neighbouring Ethiopian state of Amhara before it can engage in any talks with the federal government about a ceasefire.
The development came in a statement issued on Sunday by the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), the regional authority driven out last year by Ethiopian forces and troops from neighbouring Eritrea.
TPLF lays out conditions for truce talks with Ethiopian gov’t | Ethiopia News | Al Jazeera
![Captive Ethiopian soldiers arrive at the Mekelle Rehabilitation Centre in Mekelle, the capital of Tigray [Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/000_9DT7CR.jpg?resize=770%2C513)
Captive Ethiopian soldiers arrive at the Mekelle Rehabilitation Centre in Mekelle, the capital of Tigray [Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP]