Erdoğan offers to mediate end to Ethiopia’s Tigray conflict

Turkish president meets Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed but no specific agreements or deals announced.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is offering to help mediate an end to fighting in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, promising to protect the northeast African country’s “integrity”. Erdoğan told visiting Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Wednesday that the war-hit country’s “peace and integrity is important to us”. “If the situation deteriorates, all countries in the region will be affected,” Erdogan told a joint media appearance with Abiy.