Biden dispatches senior US senator to Ethiopia in latest warning shot on Tigray
Chris Coons’ trip comes a week after abuses in Tigray were described as ‘ethnic cleansing’
The Biden administration announced on Thursday it is sending Chris Coons, a senator from Delaware and an ally and confidant of President Joe Biden, to Ethiopia to mediate the crisis in the Tigray region amid escalatory rhetoric between Washington and Addis Ababa.
National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan issued a statement saying that Mr Coons is on his way to Ethiopia and will be meeting Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali.