UN under-secretary general of humanitarian affairs said there is no proof that Eritrean forces have started withdrawing from the Tigray region in northern Ethiopia,In a comment he made during a  closed-door UN Security Council meeting on Thursday Mark Lowcock  reportedly said “unfortunately, I must say that neither the UN nor any  of the humanitarian agencies we work with have seen proof of Eritrean  withdrawal,” from Ethiopia’s Tigray region.

Thursday’s  closed-door meeting was the latest in a number of similar sessions since  the start of the conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray region where thousands  of people have been killed since November last year.

Eritrea will  withdraw troops from Ethiopia almost five months after a conflict  started in the Tigray region, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed disclosed two  weeks ago.

For months both Addis Ababa and Asmara denied Eritrean troops were in Tigray, contradicting accounts from residents, aid workers, diplomats and even some Ethiopian civilian and military officials.