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Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has expressed deepest gratitude to IGAD leaders for understanding and acknowledging Ethiopia’s law enforcement measures as legal and legitimate.

The premier also showed gratitude to the leaders for the commitment they have shown to support Ethiopia while undertaking law enforcement operation to restore law and order.

On the margins of the summit, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed met his Sudanese counterpart Abdalla Hamdok and discussed bilateral issues as a follow up to their last meeting in Addis Ababa.

The Premier discussed with South Sudanese Vice President Rebecca Nyandeng De Mabior Bilateral issues and the continued efforts for peace underway in South Sudan, and held talks with President of the Federal Republic of Somalia, Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed Farmaajo on recent regional developments and on how to strengthen cooperation among IGAD countries.

He also conferred with Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta on regional and bilateral issues on the margins of the IGAD Summit in Djibouti today.

While addressing the extraordinary summit of IGAD, Prime Minister Abiy underlined that the strength of stability in the region is based on cooperation for growth and development among countries.

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has said the Government is closely following the incident with local militia on the Ethio-Sudan border.

“Such incidents will not break the bond between our two countries as we always use dialogue to resolve issues,” said Office of the Prime Minister.

“Those fanning discord clearly do not understand the strength of our historical ties,” it added.

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed along with several high ranking officials including heads of regional states has evaluated the progress of greenery development schemes underway under the “Dine for the Nation” mega project.

While evaluating the progress of Koysha, Gorgora and Wonchi parks projects, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said the appraisal has encountered delays due to the current situation in the country.

The federal government is closely following the undertakings of the three greenery and parks developments till they are fully completed and go operational, Abiy noted.

He further underscored that the federal development of Koysha, Wenchi and Gorgora sites announced a few months ago is aimed at unearthing the investment potential of each location by tapping into natural endowments.

“The presentations by project leads on proposed designs for each site are promising in its potential to generate many jobs and activate the local economy”, the premier said, appreciating all civil servants that have made a contribution and encourage businesses to put their mark on the national projects.

Regional government will take over administration of the parks up on their completion, the premier stated.

Prime Minister Abiy stressed need to consolidate participation of people of the regional states where the parks are being developed to fill some resource gaps and speed up works.

All the three projects are being carried out in the light of cultural and natural values of the respective regional states, the premier added.

Ethiopian Airlines announced that it has resumed flight to Mekelle City after disruption for weeks due to the law enforcement operation conducted on the TPLF junta in Tigray Region.

Ethiopian resumed flight on Tuesday to the capital city of Tigray Regional State following the successful accomplishment of the operation.

Ethiopian airplane arrived in Mekelle Alula AbaNega International airport today carrying passengers from Addis Ababa.  

All staff of the airline has now been on duty it said; adding that flight will continue twice a day to the city.

It is to be recalled that the Ethiopian Civil Aviation Authority disclosed on Monday the reinstatement of the air route in Tigray regional state.  

The recent visit of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed to Mekelle city indicates that the region is returning to normalcy, said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA).

The Prime Minister last Sunday travelled to Mekelle, Tigray regional state, where he met with top military leaders and the interim administration of the region.

In biweekly press briefing today, MFA Spokesperson, Ambassador Dina Mufti, said “the visit of the Prime Minister, Dr. Abiy Ahmed, to Mekelle after the end of the law enforcement operation in Tigray regional state shows that peace in the region is returning to normalcy.”

During his meeting, the Prime Minister underlined that the most important task left now is restoration and rehabilitation in addition to man hunting the criminals, he said.

According to Ambassador Dina, the interim administration in Tigray is establishing its bureaucratic structure in various cities of the region from the kebelle to the upper level.

Following the rehabilitation of infrastructure which sustained heavy damages because of the criminal clique militia’s irresponsible acts, mobile voice services have been restored in Mekelle city and Maiychew, in addition to Dansha, Humera, Maikadra, Turkan, Maytsebri, Korem and Alamata, he said.

Mover, electricity has been restored to Mekelle city and surrounding towns, in the north western part of the country – specifically Metema, Humera and Welkayit, the ambassador added.

He said the Government of Ethiopia has been delivering food and medical supplies to Tigray after building makeshift bridges as the criminal TPLF clique destroyed the existing ones in the region.

The ambassador said a favourable environment is now created for making the aid accessible.

In his briefing, the Spokesperson touched on the economic and citizen-centered diplomatic activities carried out by the government within the past two weeks.

He also addressed questions related to Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s recent visit to Kenya and the visit of Sudanese Prime Minister to Ethiopia.