Addis Abeba– The Tigray area has actually revealed on Thursday the facility of the Tigray Veterans Council in a quote to assist handicapped fighters and households of martyrs of the 2 years war with the federal government and its allies. Speaking throughout the facility of the council in Mekelle, interim president of the area Getachew Reda stated the council will make sure that “the heroes of Tigray are offered due regard and take part in the redevelopment of Tigray”, according to local media Tigray Television. In March the president vowed to solve the problems of handicapped fighters after they took it to the streets of Mekelle on 21 March, shouting “we are starved” and requesting for medical and food materials. Getachew stated the recently developed council will set clear policies and instructions, and will deal with the interim administration to guarantee the interests of the war veterans. The facility of the war veterans council came in the middle of continuous handing over of different group weapons by the Tigrayan fighters to the Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF) as part of the execution of the peace contract signed in between the federal government and Tigrayan authorities in Pretoria, South Africa. The handover was made as a follow up of the preliminary of disarmament where the Tigrayan fighters handover heavy weapons to the ENDF on Tuesday 10 January in the existence of the African Union selected Monitoring, Verification and Compliance Mission (MVCM) The state news company ENA reported that light and group weapons gathered on Wednesday at Dangolat location in Tigray area have actually been turned over to the ENDF, including that the collection of weapons would continue till 24 April. The “disarmament of Tigray armed contenders,” is specified in the Executive Declaration on the Modalities for the Implementation of the Pretoria contract, which was checked in Nairobi on 12 November, post 2.1/ D. AS
Ethiopia: Tigray Establishes War Veterans Council Amidst Second Round Handing Over of Weapons
