Assistant Egyptian FM: We Reject Any Dictates on the Sudanese People; Sudan’s Unity Non-negotiable

Cairo – Sudanhorizon – Sabah Musa

The Assistant Egyptian Foreign Minister and director of the Sudan and South Sudan Department in the Egyptian Foreign Ministry, Ambassador Yasser Sorour, confirmed that the Sudanese army has made important field progress and is completely controlling Khartoum.

Sorour said in an interview with a number of Egyptian journalists today, on Wednesday, that Sudan is directly related to Egyptian national security at the political level, as a geographical neighborhood country as well as the special relationship between the Egyptian and Sudanese people, as well as water security and the Nile water file and stability in the Horn of Africa and the conditions in the Red Sea, adding that the Egyptian moves in the Sudanese file are based on more than one of them, to preserve the unity and safety of the lands of Sudan, and maintaining the institutions of the Sudanese national state, stressing that any solution to the Sudanese crisis must come from the Sudanese themselves and not from the dictates of any external powers, indicating this at the Sudanese political forces conference that Cairo hosted last July, explaining that Egypt is the only country that was able to collect this number of Sudanese political forces, and he said the purpose of the meeting was that the Sudanese political forces agree to draw the future External dictates.

Sorour stressed that Egypt’s assistance to Sudan at the political level is that there are several international initiatives that Sudan was not part of, but in light of Egypt’s presence in these initiatives, we were rejecting any dictates on the Sudanese people, noting that at the humanitarian level, some countries seek to impose certain conditions to enter aid to Sudan, but Egypt stands against this issue and stresses the necessity of entering aid without conditions, explaining that Egypt spoke with Sudan about the opening of Sudan. The Adri crossing and extending the period of opening this crossing, and said that the head of the Sovereignty Council for the first team of Abdel-Fattah Al-Burhan has extended the period of opening the crossing on February 15 for a period of three months, and we welcome the step and seek to extend the period of opening the crossing, pointing to Egypt’s work also to enhance communication between Sudan and the United Nations organizations specialized in the human dimension, and said that thanks to the Egyptian efforts, humanitarian centers were established to store relief aid and distribute them to Sudan.

Adding that among the joint files between Egypt and Sudan is the security of the Red Sea, which also relates to Egyptian national security and the movement/navigation in the Suez Canal, pointing to the negative impact of the recent movements as a result of the situation in Gaza on the movement of navigation in the Suez Canal, and that the geographical location of Sudan adds to its importance in the issue of the security of the Red Sea.

With regard to the role of regional organizations regarding the situation in Sudan, Sorour said that Egypt has made efforts with the African Union praised by the Sudanese side, as well as the main international parties active in this file, most notably the visit of the delegation of the African Peace and Security Council under the Egyptian presidency to Port Sudan, and to meet the delegation with the head of the Sovereign Council, adding that it was a positive visit and a real beginning of the African Union’s involvement with the government in Port Sudan, and continued The statement of the Peace and Security Council for the summit held on February 14 was very balanced with regard to developments in Sudan, and he said that the Peace and Security Council moved to reject the Declaration of the Rapid Support Militia and some of the political forces loyal to it to intend to form a parallel government and sign a founding charter in Nairobi, indicating that Egypt had completely rejected two basic points in the founding charter in Nairobi, which provides for the establishment of a parallel government, He said after Egypt’s statement, data from other countries such as Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Kuwait were issued to reject the charter as a movement as a prelude to the division of Sudan and entered it in an episode in the footsteps of the Libyan scenario.

Sorour considered that the situation in Sudan is much more than the situation in Libya, and he said that the second point in the founding charter that Egypt rejects is that the charter did not mention the unity and safety of Sudan and granted some non-positive indicators because the unity and safety of the lands of Sudan is not negotiable for Egypt, adding that the position of the international community on the move was consistent with the public trend by rejecting this move, which included a statement of the Presidency of the Security Council to refuse to form a parallel government and a statement of Britain, And a separate statement from the United States and the European Union pointed out that Egypt made extensive contacts with the ambassadors of the European Union in the framework of the contacts carried out by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, headed by the Egyptian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Immigration, Dr. Badr Abdel-Ati, to discuss the Sudanese file, and said that the foreign minister is making an international effort to support the Egyptian constants in Sudan and create an international climate for its support and assistance to reach to solve this serious crisis.

Sorour warned that Sudan’s division will not stop at the Darfur limit, but Sudan may be divided into several countries, as a result of tribal intertwining, and he said, so the process of influence the divisions in Sudan will extend to the entire Horn of Africa, noting that there is a conference that will be held in Britain next April 15, with a wide participation to discuss the Sudan crisis, and Egypt will also participate to emphasize its position on the Sudanese file, indicating that the Arab League issued decisions either At the summit or all foreign ministers are consistent with the Egyptian position towards Sudan, stressing that the Sudanese want to benefit from the Egyptian plan to rebuild Gaza by developing a plan for the reconstruction of Sudan, explaining that the Egyptian Center for Peacekeep Sudanese displaced people relate to the stability of the state, as the international community called for its fulfillment of international obligations and pledges not only towards Egypt, but all the neighboring countries of Sudan.

Sorour said that the negotiations on the Ethiopian Renaissance Dam have stopped because we cannot continue negotiations as long as there is certainty in the absence of the political will to reach a binding agreement, stressing at the same time that the Egyptian moves at the political level are still ongoing and that the international community knows very well the justice of Egypt, and he said because we are demanding the application of the rules of international law that regulate the use of common rivers, the Egyptian diplomatic moves are continuing and did not stop. One moment, adding that with regard to the water file that brings Egypt and Sudan together, it is an existential issue that brings together the two countries as two sins, and that Egypt is one of the most affected by the Nile River crisis because Egypt receives more than 97% of its water through the Nile River, and in light of the decrease in the volume of rain, coordination with Sudan in this file is inevitable, and it is going better than it has passed.

Sorour considered that the essence of the problem lies in the absence of the political will of the Ethiopians in reaching a binding agreement, stating that the studies presented by Ethiopia on the dam are incomplete, a pen that provides Addis Ababa any studies on the safety of the dam, explaining that there is no dam without side effects but the role of the agreement between the parties concerned lies in limiting these negative effects of this dam, but this did not happen, and he said that Egypt entered into negotiations for 12 A year in good faith until we reach an agreement to fill and operate this dam, but we did not reach an agreement, because the file of the Renaissance Dam is politicized and does not only have a difference on the technical side.

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