Sudan’s reaction to IGAD’s statement / Barhan’s condition for meeting with Hamidti

, the 40th emergency meeting of the Presidents and Prime Ministers of the Intergovernmental Organization for East African Development (IGAD) was held in Djibouti last Saturday with the presence of representatives of regional and global organizations and institutions to discuss ways to end the fighting in Sudan. >At the end of this meeting, the executive secretary of IGAD wrote on his personal page in cyberspace: The Djibouti meeting obtained a binding commitment from the Sudanese military and rapid reaction forces to negotiate with each other as soon as possible and agree to end the war between them. .

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Sudan reacted to IGAD’s statement and announced: The Executive Secretary of IGAD has expressed the conditions and reservations (observations) of the Sudanese delegation regarding The final statement of the Djibouti meeting has been ignored, which includes the condition of General “Abd al-Fattah Burhan”, the head of the Sovereignty Council and commander of the Sudanese army, to meet with “Mohammed Hamdan” known as “Hamidati”, the commander of the rapid reaction forces.

The ministry stated in its statement: The head of the ruling council and the army commander set a condition for meeting with Hamidati that a permanent ceasefire be established and the rebel forces (quick reaction forces) leave the capital (Khartoum) and settle in its suburbs.

The participants in the Djibouti meeting asked General Burhan to accept the meeting with Hamidti. In this way, the battle between the army and the rapid reaction forces will end. Informed sources told the Sudan Tribune reporter: In a meeting held behind closed doors, the head of the ruling council called meeting with Hamidti difficult and difficult.

The statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Sudan states: The presidents of Kenya and South Sudan, together with the Prime Minister of Ethiopia, asked General Burhan not to worry about his meeting with Hamidti, and he agreed to meet with Hamidti after Igad agreed to dissolve the four-way committee chaired by Kenya. .

Khartoum believed that Kina supports the rapid reaction forces, so the IGAD quadripartite committee refused to play a significant role in the internal crisis of this country.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Sudan has asked IGAD to remove the paragraph regarding the phone call of the commander of the rapid reaction forces with the leaders of IGAD, because Hamidati only contacted the President of Kenya He had a phone call after the meeting in Djibouti.

In the said statement, Sudan demanded the removal of the clause related to the consultative meeting of the IGAD leaders with the delegation of the rapid response forces. Because the head of the governing council was one of the leaders participating in the Djibouti meeting and he did not have any contact or meeting with the delegation of the rapid reaction forces.

Also. This ministry clarified: The clause that calls for the presence of a high-ranking official from the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the meeting should be removed because he was not present in this meeting.

According to the statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Sudan, the delegation of the rapid reaction forces has gone to Djibouti with the plane carrying this Emirati official.

Government Council Accusing the UAE of providing arms support to the rapid response forces, Sudan called 15 diplomats of this country undesirable elements and expelled them from Khartoum. The UAE also expelled Sudan’s military attache and two diplomats from Abu Dhabi.

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