Ethiopia: Formal Talks Begin Between Ethiopia Government and Exile Based Opposition Party ODF

13 May 2018

A statement issued by the Oromo Democratic Front (ODF), an exile based opposition party, and was received by Addis Standard says formal talks between "high-level delegation of the government of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia and a delegation of the Oromo Democratic Front (ODF)" took place from May 11 - 12, 2018.

The statement, which neither disclosed the venue, nor the names of the participants from both sides, said that the two sides "held a fruitful discussion regarding the reforms currently unfolding in Ethiopia," it added: "Pursuant to its longstanding public position, the ODF reiterated its commitment to deepening and broadening the reforms and democratization process." It also said that the "government delegation also expressed its enthusiasm to engage all those espousing nonviolent means of struggle. Both sides underlined that this discussion with the ODF is the beginning of a wider engagement."

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