Ethiopian federal government delegation heads to Tigray

FILE PHOTO: Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and Ethiopian Speaker of the Parliament Tagesse Chafo responds to questions at the Parliament in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, February 1, 2019. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri/File Photo

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - A delegation from the Ethiopian federal government is on its way to the northern region of Tigray to oversee the implementation of last month's peace agreement, the government communication service said on Monday.

This is the first high-level federal delegation that has travelled to Tigray in two years, the government said. Tagesse Chafo, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, is leading the delegation.