 An Ethiopian government has warned that the expansion of conflict to part of the country by rebel forces is pushing it to change its defensive stance. That's if humanitarian overtures for peaceful resolution are on reciprocated. The government in late June announced a unilateral ceasefire in the country and that's on a request by the Tigray Regional State Interim Administration. However, the Ethiopian government on Friday said the situation in Tigray has been the major pre-occupying issue of late.