If ONLF was in 3 MZ districts no talks would occur sxb and Ethiopia would do as they will but this is not the case, ONLF still operates in 6 regions continually and 8 to 9 seasonal. Ethiopia understands its enemy better than you warped little mind.
ONLF is a major threat( that should be extinguished) to Ethiopia but now Ethiopia concedes and wants to talk
"Because, the government of Ethiopia's core Tigrean People's Liberation Front (TPLF) sees in the ONLF an image of itself two decades ago when it overthrew the brutal communist Derg regime, Prime Minister Meles [Zenawi] and his Chief of Defence Force, General Samora Yonus, consider it vital to eliminate the ONLF before this insurgent group gains wider support," Ambassador Yamamoto sums up.
"It is our assessment that Prime Minister Meles and the government of Ethiopia leadership likely view the ONLF as a long term threat to the survival of the EPRDF government," the Ambassador details, mentioning similarities between the ONLF and Mr Meles' TPLF.