OMAR, GARAMENDI, MCGOVERN RELEASE STATEMENT ON HOSTILITIES IN ETHIOPIA

Washington, Oct. 1 -- Representative Ilhan Omar issued the following press release:

WASHINGTON - Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Chair of the U.S.-Africa Policy Working Group, Rep. John Garamendi (D-CA), Co-Chair of the Ethiopian American Caucus and member of the U.S.-Africa Policy Working Group, and Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA), member of the U.S.-Africa Policy Working Group, released the following statement on hostilities in Ethiopia: "We are deeply alarmed by increasing violence in Ethiopia, including the Ethiopian military strike last week on an aid convoy delivering assistance in Tigray. "The 2022 Pretoria Agreement that silenced the guns in Northern Ethiopia committed all parties to ceasing hostilities, protecting civilians, allowing humanitar...