Sudan and World Peace

Rashid Abdelrahim

Reports circulating yesterday evening said that a peace agreement between Iran and the United States, brokered by Pakistan, had been approved by both sides and had begun to be implemented, with Iran announcing that it would allow passage through the Strait of Hormuz, which had been the war’s intractable sticking point.
At this stage, the end of the war, as matters have reached it, means that Iran has emerged victorious and that America has failed to bring it to its knees.
The end of the war marks new foundations for shaping international relations, especially between Iran and the Arab world.
America was unable to protect the countries in which it had military bases, even though it had taken payment in advance, and it failed in its mission.
It failed under a president known for greed, avarice, disrespect towards allies, and humiliating them while stripping them of their money.
Iran’s hand will grow stronger in the world and in the Gulf, and its hold over the Strait of Hormuz may now be fully entrenched, thereby giving it direct control over maritime transport—the cheapest form of transport—and over oil prices.
The war’s outcome was not surprising to Sudan, and its major consequences will have a profound effect on us. This requires the leadership to realise and be convinced that America is not the fearsome power it is made out to be, and that most Western countries have broken ranks with American obedience and have instead pursued courses and positions that protect their own interests.
We must move quickly to shift the direction of our foreign relations and turn towards the other axis, beginning to strengthen our ties with Russia, China, and other countries outside the United States’ traditional allies.
Two days ago, talks on energy took place between Sudan and Turkey.
Our relationship with Turkey reflects one aspect of the direction we are taking, though we continue to cloak it in considerable hesitation and delay.
Our ties with Turkey are historic, and Turkey seeks a closer, more significant relationship with us.
In both our war in Sudan and the war between America and Iran, the prominent and decisive weapon was the drone, which Turkey manufactures well and produces in large quantities.
This war was a war of science; it was not armies massing troops and manpower that fought it, but rather the products of human intellect. The dead on both sides could be counted on the fingers of one hand, yet the destruction was immense.
It was a war whose backbone was advanced military aviation and various types of missiles and projectiles, especially cluster munitions.
It was a war managed through technological espionage and direct human intelligence.
Opportunities do not always present themselves, nor do they come in equal measure or with equal force. In international relations, strength lies in seizing opportunities at the right moment.

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