Sudan’s Foreign Ministry announced on Tuesday its rejection to the initiative launched by the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) summit in Djibouti on Monday to reach a solution to the conflict between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
Sudan’s position came in response to Kenyan President William Ruto’s announcement of the “initiative of IGAD on the Sudanese crisis includes a meeting between the chairman of the Sudanese sovereignty council, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, and the leaders of the countries of South Sudan, Kenya, Ethiopia, and Djibouti.
The Sudanese Foreign Ministry demanded the deletion of any reference to the issue of IGAD mediation from the African house. The ministry explained that the delegation expressed its objection to these issues mentioned in the draft final statement of the summit, due to the lack of discussion and agreement on them, and demanded their deletion.
The IGAD initiative proposed the formation of a quartet committee headed by Kenya to follow up on the Sudanese file, and organize a “face-to-face” meeting between army commanders Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan and Mohammed Hamdan Daglo, the parties to the conflict to find a permanent solution to the crisis, provided that the commission will begin within 3 weeks to conduct a national dialogue between Sudanese civilian forces to discuss the country’s crisis.
They also discussed the opening of humanitarian corridors with the parties to the conflict, and a meeting between Burhan and the leaders of South Sudan, Kenya, Ethiopia, and Djibouti.
However, sources in the Sovereign Council headed by Al-Burhan ruled out Monday that the latter would agree to the African proposal to hold a meeting with Hemeti.
