Egyptian leader calls for resolution among warring factions in Sudan

Cairo, April 16 – In a statement, Egyptian presidential spokesman Ahmed Fahmy said that Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi calls on the parties in Sudan to dialogue and national consensus.

According to the statement, Sisi had a phone call on Saturday with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, during which he discussed the latest developments in Sudan.

The president expressed Egypt’s deep concern about the developments in the situation in brotherly Sudan amid the ongoing clashes there, stressing the seriousness that these events will negatively affect the stability of Sudan… calling on the parties in Sudan to give priority to the language of dialogue and national dialogue. Fahmy’s statement read “compatibility with the higher interests of the brotherly Sudanese people.”

Guterres has reportedly stressed his interest in engaging with Sisi in light of Egypt’s active role in maintaining security and stability in the region.

the News Agency agency correspondent in Sudan announced, on Saturday morning, the start of clashes between the Rapid Response Forces and the regular army in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum. Later, the clashes between the military forces spread to other Sudanese regions.

The Sudanese Rapid Response Force announced its control of the Republic Palace (the presidential palace) in Khartoum, the international airport of the capital, and the air base in Meroe, in the north of the country. In a wide-ranging statement, the Rapid Response Force accused the country’s regular army of attacking its base in the capital with “using all kinds of weapons”.

The Sudanese army said the statements of the Rapid Response Forces were incorrect and that all strategic facilities, including the presidential palace, were under the control of the armed forces. The army team also indicated that the SBR forces attacked them first. The army and the Sudanese General Security Service described the Rapid Response Forces as a rebel force and accused them of attacking government and strategic facilities. The head of Sudan’s Transitional Sovereignty Council and Commander-in-Chief of the country’s armed forces, Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, issued a decision to dissolve the Rapid Response Forces.