U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken praised Ethiopia on Wednesday for its progress in implementing a peace deal to end the Tigray conflict but stopped short of ushering the country back into a U.S. trade programme.
"Certainly we share the aspiration of Ethiopia returning to AGOA," Blinken told reporters after his meetings with Abiy and other government figures, adding that "it's moving in the right direction" as Ethiopia continues to implement the peace accord.
His meeting with Abiy represented a reaffirmation of the important partnership between the United States and Ethiopia, State Department spokesperson Ned Price said, echoing comments from the Ethiopian leader on Twitter after the meeting ended. On Thursday, he will head to the West African nation of Niger, which has been confronting a growing Islamist insurgency.The United States was outspoken in its criticism of alleged atrocities by Ethiopian forces and their allies from Eritrea and the Amhara region during the Tigray war.
"We strongly urge all parties ... to do everything possible to ensure that they cease entirely," he said.
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