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Representatives of the federal government and Tigray regional state are the two parties to the peace talks.were launched on Tuesday 25 October
. It was scheduled to end on Sunday 30 October but has since been extended as parties continued engaging in the talks.
, reiterated that the peace talk was aimed at achieving"an immediate cessation of hostilities, to achieve the delivery of humanitarian assistance to all Ethiopians in need, additional measures - securing measures to protect civilians, and seeing Eritrea's withdrawal from northern Ethiopia." The talks are being facilitated by Olusegun Obasanjo, the AU High Representative for the Horn of Africa, along with former Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta and former Deputy President of South Africa Dr Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka. Representatives of IGAD, UN and the US are participating in the talks as observers.
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