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US announces targeted visa restrictions
Key takeaways
- The State Department cited clashes between TPLF forces and Ethiopian government forces earlier this year.
- “This visa restriction policy targets individuals who are responsible for, or complicit in, undermining resolution to the crisis in the Tigray region,” it said.
- The TPLF said it had restored the legislative council that existed before the 2020-2022 civil war and that the council had elected TPLF chair Debretsion Gebremichael as regional president.
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Add ARY News on Google AAResize WASHINGTON, June 18: The US State Department announced visa restrictions targeting people it said were undermining peace in Ethiopia on Thursday, focused on hardliners in the Tigray People’s Liberation Front and their immediate family members.
“Rising tensions between Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) hardliners and the Ethiopian government have threatened to reignite the conflict in northern Ethiopia and undermine peace and security across the entire region,” the State Department said in a statement.
The State Department cited clashes between TPLF forces and Ethiopian government forces earlier this year.
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