Nabaa Sudan – Sudan, Egypt, and Eritrea expressed deep concern over the military escalation between the parties to the conflict over power in Ethiopia, warning that the continuation of armed confrontations could lead to further loss of life, displacement, and asylum, as well as worsening humanitarian conditions and threatening regional security and stability.
In a joint statement issued by the tripartite mechanism, the three countries affirmed that Ethiopia’s stability, unity, and territorial integrity constitute a fundamental pillar of stability in the Horn of Africa, the Nile Basin, and the Red Sea, warning that the country’s slide into a full-scale civil war would have repercussions extending beyond its borders.
The tripartite mechanism announced that Sudan, Egypt, and Eritrea were prepared to establish a mechanism for peace and stability in Ethiopia, in coordination with the African Union and concerned African and international parties, and to offer their good offices to bridge differences between the two sides of the conflict and facilitate direct negotiations between the Ethiopian Army, opposition forces and alliances, and other parties involved in the conflict.
The three countries stressed that their initiative does not seek to interfere in Ethiopia’s internal affairs or impose political arrangements on its people, but rather aims to create conditions for an inclusive Ethiopian dialogue that ensures a smooth and secure transfer of power, preserves Ethiopia’s sovereignty, unity, and territorial integrity, and prevents the expansion of the war.
The mechanism called on all Ethiopian parties engaged in the fighting to immediately and comprehensively cease hostilities, refrain from offensive operations and military movements that could expand the scope of the conflict, and enter into an initial three-month humanitarian armistice, renewable by agreement of the parties.
It proposed using the armistice period to stop the bloodshed, consolidate the de-escalation, deliver humanitarian assistance, and begin political negotiations, while immediately launching, under African auspices, direct and unconditional negotiations between the Ethiopian Army and representatives of political forces, opposition alliances, and relevant parties.
It also called for agreement on phased security arrangements, including halting mobilization, recruitment, and military buildup; assembling and securing heavy weapons under an agreed monitoring mechanism; and beginning a gradual process of disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration as part of a comprehensive political settlement.
The mechanism called for a ban on offensive military air operations during the armistice, including the use of aircraft and drones in combat operations, as well as the establishment of a monitoring and verification mechanism. It also called for the protection of civilians and civilian facilities, places of worship, hospitals, schools, water and energy facilities, roads, relief centers, and civilian infrastructure.
It further called for the opening of safe and non-politicized humanitarian corridors, ensuring humanitarian organizations’ access to affected areas, facilitating the delivery of food, medicine, fuel, and medical and relief supplies, and securing routes for civilians to leave areas of fighting and facilitating the movement of displaced people, in cooperation with neighboring countries and relevant organizations.
The three countries proposed launching an inclusive political negotiation process addressing governance arrangements and a peaceful political transition of power, ensuring the political participation of all sects and groups without exclusion or marginalization, as well as national reconciliation, institutional reform, and constitutional and electoral arrangements, so that Ethiopia’s future would be determined by the will of its people.
In this context, the mechanism called on all foreign countries and forces to refrain from arming, financing, training, or providing military support to any of the warring parties in Ethiopia. It also urged the international community to consider taking the necessary measures to prevent the flow of arms into conflict areas in a balanced manner that does not give any party a military advantage.
It also proposed, in consultation with the African Union, the establishment of an African monitoring and verification mechanism to monitor the ceasefire, verify compliance with the armistice, monitor military movements and heavy weapons, and document violations. It further proposed convening an Ethiopian peace conference at a mutually agreed neutral location, with the participation of the government, political and civil forces, and other relevant parties.
The three countries called on the African Union, the United Nations, the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), and international partners to support the political and humanitarian process, affirming that the solution should remain African and Ethiopian in essence, and that regional efforts should complement rather than compete with the African track.
Sudan, Egypt, and Eritrea affirmed that a military solution would not achieve lasting peace and that the continuation of the war would lead to further losses, division, displacement, and instability. They stressed that ending the fighting, returning to dialogue, and reaching a comprehensive political settlement led by Ethiopians constitute the sustainable path to ending the conflict.
The three countries expressed their readiness to deploy their diplomatic capabilities, in coordination with the African Union, to facilitate the political process and work with all parties without bias, with a view to achieving a permanent ceasefire and a comprehensive political settlement that preserves Ethiopia’s unity, sovereignty, and territorial integrity and restores security and stability to its people and the region.
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