The Sudanese military accuses the UAE of offering weapons to its rival, the Fast Assist Forces paramilitary group.
Turkiye can step in to resolve disputes between Sudan and the United Arab Emirates, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has informed the pinnacle of the Sudan Sovereign Council, Normal Abdel Fattah al-Burhan.
The Sudanese military, led by al-Burhan, accuses the UAE of offering weapons to its rival, the Fast Assist Forces (RSF) paramilitary group, and prolonging the battle in Sudan. The UAE has rejected the allegations and accused the military of refusing to barter peace with its enemy.
Erdogan instructed within the name on Friday that Turkiye step in to resolve disputes between Sudan and the UAE, simply because it has mediated a dispute between Horn of Africa neighbours Somalia and Ethiopia, the Turkish presidency mentioned in a press release with out elaborating.
The Turkish president additionally emphasised to al-Burhan Turkiye’s principal ideas of defending Sudan’s territorial integrity and sovereignty and stopping the nation from changing into an enviornment of overseas intervention, the presidency mentioned.
In a separate assertion by the governing Sudan Sovereign Council, al-Burhan mentioned he welcomed any function Turkiye might play in ending the battle and referred to as for better Turkish funding in Sudan.
“He expressed his confidence within the place of the Turkish president and authorities in help of the Sudanese folks and their decisions,” the assertion mentioned.
Sudan has been mired in battle since mid-April 2023 when long-simmering tensions between its navy and paramilitary leaders broke out within the capital, Khartoum, and unfold to Darfur and different areas.
Greater than 13 million folks have been pressured to flee their properties because the battle started.
Meals insecurity
About 25 million folks in war-torn Sudan face acute meals shortages with famine declared within the big Zam Zam camp for displaced folks in western Darfur.
In an interview with The Related Press information company on Thursday, World Meals Programme (WFP) official Carl Skau cited progress over the previous month in getting clearances to ship support throughout battle strains and the border from Chad. And with roads drying up on the finish of the wet season, the WFP is ready to ship “way more meals”, Skau mentioned.
One convoy reached Zam Zam and two others have been on the way in which however have been held up due to combating previously 10 days in el-Fasher, the capital of North Darfur, Skau mentioned.
It’s the solely capital in Darfur nonetheless held by Sudanese forces. The others are held by the RSF.
WFP support reached about 2.6 million folks this month, Skau mentioned, stressing that the worldwide group ought to have performed extra to handle the Sudan disaster “and must do extra going ahead”.
