Pretoria Peace Agreement Reflects Heavy Price Paid for Sustainable Peace: PM

Addis Ababa, July 7, 2026 — PM Abiy has elaborated on the Pretoria Peace Agreement, emphasizing that the accord represents a heavy price paid to bring sustainable peace to Ethiopia and end the conflict in the Tigray Region.

Addressing the House of People's Representatives today, the premier detailed the benefits of the agreement to the inhabitants of the region.

He pointed out the establishment of the Interim Administration in the region and the demobilization, rehabilitation, and reintegration of more than 60,000 former combatants.

Ongoing efforts to rebuild critical infrastructure and social institutions in the region also continue to yield benefits for the local population, he added.

However, the PM said that disruptive actions persist in the region, noting that factions claiming to fight for the people have deprived the population of Tigray of peace, leaving them to bear the brunt of the hardship.

"A struggle built on the tears of the people leads nowhere," he remarked, openly stating that certain ongoing disruptions in the Tigray region bear the fingerprints of foreign interference.

He exposed that the instigators have secured their own children abroad or in Addis Ababa while actively deploying countless Tigrayan youth into the Sudanese conflict.

Despite their repeated provocations to trigger a fresh round of conflict, the government continues to exercise utmost restraint and patience, the premier stressed.

Noting that the government is fully aware of the root sources of instability, PM Abiy said that necessary measures will be taken to conclusively neutralize threats at their origin.

He assured that the government possesses the absolute capability to safeguard Ethiopia’s sovereignty and maintain durable peace.

The nation’s security and law enforcement organs stand in an unprecedented state of readiness, having bolstered their capacity in terms of numbers, training quality, and advanced technology, the Prime Minister confirmed.