Mike Hammer

There is an absolute need to protect civilians, to stay away from ethnic hatred, and the United States is prepared, again, to offer our good offices, our diplomatic efforts to try to, again, bring some level of peace to that region.

We have always in our conversations made clear that human rights is a core component of the Biden-Harris Administration's foreign policy.

We have had discussions and urged the government to lift the State of emergency to allow access to media, to allow access to the internet.

We, as the United States, care about all Ethiopians and certainly will denounce violations of human rights against any individual, irrespective of ethnicity.

We share the same concern that those responsible for these war crimes, crimes against humanity, and gross violations of human rights, be held accountable.

Chile is a shining example of a peaceful transition from the Pinochet regime to open and transparent governance.