Darfur Regional Governor: International and Regional Parties Denied Sudanese Leadership their Right to Address the World

Sudanhorizon – Agencies
Minni Arko Minnawi, Governor of the Darfur region, launched an attack against unnamed international and regional parties, accusing them of working to repress Sudan’s voice from reaching the outside world and blocking the Sudanese leadership from addressing the UN General Assembly.
Upon returning to Sudan after participating in the 81st session of the General Assembly in New York, Minnawi accused international and regional entities of engaging in what he termed “dirty diplomacy” to prevent the Sudanese leadership from addressing the UN General Assembly.
Minnawi also commended Sudanese nationals in the United States—including members of the Sudanese diplomatic mission—for their contributions to “conveying the voice of the Sudanese people to the outside world.”
He addressed relations with the United States, emphasizing that Sudan does not oppose the U.S. as a state or an administration; rather, its opposition is directed at specific individuals and figures within American decision-making institutions who “withhold facts regarding Sudan,” as he put it.
Minnawi criticized what he described as international double standards regarding arms, condemning the fact that some nations are permitted to possess advanced weaponry while the Sudanese people are denied the right to acquire conventional arms to defend themselves and protect their territory.
He affirmed that the refusal to surrender—or to abandon land and lives to entities with no ties to Sudan—represents an irreversible national stance.
Minnawi’s remarks follow the United States’ refusal to grant an entry visa to the Chairman of the Sovereign Council to attend the UN General Assembly meetings—a move that sparked a dispute between Khartoum and Washington regarding the terms of the Sudanese delegation’s participation in the UN sessions.
Last week in New York, Sudanese Foreign Minister Mohieddin Salem announced Khartoum’s readiness to engage in a constructive negotiation process with the United States and various regional and international partners to end the war; however, he emphasized that his country would not accept the “imposition of any external intervention or solutions.”
Speaking at a press conference in New York at the time, Salem stated that the Sudanese government was “open to dialogue, as the legitimate representative of the Sudanese people,” and rejects any equation of the army with the Rapid Support Forces militias.

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