Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an estimate of the number of Eritrean troops in Tigray the week of (a) 31 October 2022 and (b) 12 December 2022.
Although we have no estimation of the number of Eritrean troops in Tigray during these specific periods, or the number currently remaining, we reiterate our calls for Eritrean forces to leave. The November 2022 Pretoria and Nairobi peace agreements are contingent upon Eritrean troops pulling out of Tigray. Eritrea must not be a barrier to peace in northern Ethiopia or hinder humanitarian access going to those affected by the conflict.