Saturday, March 20, 2021

Forget The US Border Crisis: Biden Dispatches Top Senator To Ethiopia To Deal With 'Humanitarian Crisis'

President Joe Biden and his administration are remaining firm on their stance that the crisis at the southern U.S. border is not a crisis and, instead, is nothing more than a challenge that they believe they can eventually deal with.

Forget about the border, man! On Thursday, it was announced that Sen. Chris Coons is being dispatched to Ethiopia to deal with a "Humanitarian crisis" happening there.

U.S. President Joe Biden is sending Senator Chris Coons to Ethiopia to meet with Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and convey the president's "Grave concerns" over the humanitarian crisis in the Tigray region, where thousands have died following fighting.

Biden's national security adviser Jake Sullivan said in a statement on Thursday that Coons - a longtime Biden ally - would also consult with the African Union.

"Senator Coons will convey President Biden's grave concerns about the humanitarian crisis and human rights abuses in the Tigray region and the risk of broader instability in the Horn of Africa," Sullivan said.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken this month described acts carried out in the region as ethnic cleansing, an allegation rejected by Ethiopia.

"The United States is gravely concerned by the deteriorating situation in the Tigray, which threatens the peace and stability of the Horn of Africa region," Coons said.

https://thefederalistpapers.org/us/forget-us-border-crisis-biden-dispatches-top-senator-ethiopia-deal-humanitarian-crisis 

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