Top US diplomat Antony Blinken arrives in Ethiopia as Biden administration accelerates push to engage with Africa to counter China and Russia's growing influence on the continent
US during the civil war suspended Ethiopia's participation in an accord that offered duty-free access for most of its exports,
The visit on Tuesday is the highest-ranking US visit to the country since war broke out in late 2020 between Ethiopia's federalgovernment and Tigrayan rebels, fraying the US relationship with Addis Ababa as Washington alleged crimes against humanity.
She said that Ethiopia needed to take steps "to help break the cycle of ethnic political violence" if it wants to put the US relationship back on a "forward trajectory"."It involved terrible atrocities by all parties and was extremely disruptive to the country's stability and to its economy, which is also facing historic drought conditions.
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