2024-04-30 04:21:23
Sudan has submitted a request to hold an emergency session of the UN Security Council to discuss “the UAE’s aggression against the Sudanese people” and its support for the Rapid Support Forces in the war it is waging with the army, according to what a Sudanese diplomatic official told AFP on Saturday.
The official, who requested to remain anonymous, said, “Yesterday (Friday), our permanent representative to the United Nations submitted a request to hold an emergency session of the Security Council to discuss the UAE’s aggression against the Sudanese people, and the supply of weapons and equipment to the terrorist militia.”
Sudan News Agency (SUNA) also reported that the representative of Khartoum, Al-Harith Idris, submitted the request “in response to the memorandum of the UAE representative to the Council,” and stressed that “the UAE’s support for the criminal Rapid Support militia that waged war on the state makes the UAE an accomplice in all its crimes.”
Tension has been escalating for months between the Sudanese army led by Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, who practically holds power in the country, and the UAE. The army accuses Abu Dhabi of supporting the Rapid Support Forces and its commander, Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo, in the conflict that broke out between them in April 2023.
Abu Dhabi rejected these accusations in a letter to the Security Council last week.
She said, “All allegations related to the UAE’s involvement in any form of aggression or destabilization in Sudan, or its provision of any military, logistical, financial, or political support to any faction in Sudan, are baseless allegations and lack reliable evidence to support them.” The message published by the UAE Foreign Ministry on its website.
The war in Sudan led to the deaths of thousands, pushed the country of 48 million people to the brink of famine, destroyed the already dilapidated infrastructure, and displaced more than 8.5 million people, according to the United Nations.
In December, Sudan asked 15 Emirati diplomats to leave the country after a prominent army commander accused Abu Dhabi of supporting the Rapid Support Forces. This coincided with demonstrations in the city of Port Sudan (east), demanding the expulsion of the Emirati ambassador.
In August last year, the American Wall Street Journal, citing Ugandan officials, said that weapons were found on an Emirati cargo plane that was supposed to transport humanitarian aid to Sudanese refugees in Chad. The UAE denied these reports.
Last updated: April 27, 2024 – 19:56
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