The head of the Sudanese Armed Forces has rejected a ceasefire plan presented by the “Quad”, alleging that the United Arab Emirates’ involvement in the Quad is biased and that the proposal aims to eliminate the army.
The UAE has long rejected accusations that it is arming and funding the RSF. In March, it slammed a Sudanese move to file a case against it in the International Court of Justice, calling the charges a “cynical publicity stunt”.
Abdel Fattah al-Burhan told senior officials in an address released by his office late on Sunday that the proposal put forward this month by the Quad – Egypt, Saudi Arabia, the UAE and the US – “effectively eliminates the existence of the armed forces and … the dissolution of all security agencies” while it “maintains the rebellious militia in its positions”.
In a response on Monday, the UAE’s minister of state for international cooperation Reem bint Ebrahim Al Hashimy accused al-Burhan of “consistently obstructive behaviour”.
“Once more, General Burhan refuses peace overtures. In his rejection of the US Peace Plan for Sudan, and his repeated refusal to accept a ceasefire, he demonstrates consistently obstructive behaviour,” Al Hashimy said.
“This must be called out,” she said. Al-Burhan’s response raises fears that the bitter civil war between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) – which has killed tens of thousands of people, displaced 14 million or more and sparked a humanitarian crisis – is set to continue.
Credit: aljazeera.com
