It is far from certain that the Tigray People’s Liberation Front, which is fighting the federal government, will attend.
Faki ends by saying he looks forward to Gebremichael’s “timely response and constructive engagement at the talks”. But some observers say the TPLF has not yet accepted the invitation and is unlikely to until Ethiopia’s ally, Eritrea, stops launching attacks on it from across the border. The TPLF has also insisted in the past that it will not enter peace negotiations until Addis Ababa restores vital services to Tigray such as banking, telecommunications and electricity, which it has suspended.
It is understood that Hammer will meet with South African officials on Thursday. It is not quite clear why South Africa was chosen as the venue, but one official said it might have been because both sides trust that South Africa will remain neutral whereas Ethiopia’s neighbours all have some interest in the conflict.
Hammer managed to bring the federal government and the TPLF together in a meeting in Djibouti in early September but a full-scale invasion from Eritrea later in the month seemed to upset whatever chance there might have been for a ceasefire.
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