On Tuesday 23 February, the day after the Foreign Affairs Council, at which he presented the conclusions of his mission to the Horn of Africa from 7 to 10 February, the Finnish Minister for Foreign Affairs, Pekka Haavisto, briefed the press on the results of this mission to Ethiopia and Sudan and expressed his confidence that the European Union would soon deliver “a strong message”.
The EU can do more, increase its aid, but humanitarian access to Tigray must be guaranteed by the...