They had plans to dismantle the country. To avert their plans, we had to clean out our insides (forces). So we cleaned our insides and entered the war. For this reason, they (excluded forces) had no kind of participation in the war. Other ethnicities, Southern tribes, Somali, Afar, Amhara, Oromo became one and took part. Even if there may be good people amongst them (Tigrayans) we can’t differentiate the good from the bad. To save the country, we made it so that they (Tigrayans) were excluded from doing the work. So, the forces we have now are free from tribal forces, the forces are completely Ethiopian. It is Ethiopian military.
Brigadier-General Tesfaye Ayalew, Head of the ENDF Deployment Department
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