WHO chief denies ‘taking sides’ in Ethiopia conflict

 

November 19, 2020

 

Tedros (above) denied taking sides in the conflict. PHOTO: AFP

 

By AFP

 

GENEVA – World Health Organisation (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Thursday (Nov 19) rejected allegations by Ethiopia that he was backing his native dissident Tigray region in a conflict with the central government.

“There have been reports suggesting I am taking sides in this situation. This is not true,” Tedros wrote on Twitter.

“I want to say that I am on only one side and that is the side of peace.”

 

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

@DrTedros 

 

My statement on the situation in #Ethiopia