The 15 members of the Security Council failed, according to diplomats, to agree on the adoption of a declaration calling for a ceasefire in Tigray, in Ethiopia, which the secretary-general demanded on Friday from the belligerents. of ONU.
A draft text carried by Ireland, a non-permanent member of the Council, "
has been blocked by China and Russia,
" a diplomat told AFP on condition of anonymity.
There was "
no agreement,
" confirmed several other diplomatic sources, some of whom felt that the rushed project had lacked prior consultations.
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In the draft, the Council called for "
unhindered humanitarian access
", "
an end to hostilities
" and the launch of a "
national inclusive dialogue
" in Ethiopia. He also expressed his "
deep concern
" at the arrest of UN employees (half a dozen were still detained on Friday) and called for their "
immediate release
". The Russian diplomatic mission acknowledged a disagreement. No comment could be obtained immediately from the Chinese mission.
In coordination with the African Union mediator, ex-Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo and Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta, Antonio Guterres had separate telephone talks with Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, and Debretsion Gebremicheal, leader of the Front de Liberation of the People of Tigray (TPLF), said UN spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric in the evening.
He asked them to “put an
end to the fighting and start a comprehensive negotiation to resolve the current crisis
”.
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