The high representative of the European Union (EU) for Foreign Affairs and Security, Josep Borrell, condemned the acts of violence that occurred this Saturday in Sudan between the Army and the Rapid Support Forces paramilitary group and called for an “immediate reduction of the conflict”. .
“The EU urges all parties to show leadership and work towards an immediate cessation of hostilities. At this critical moment, priority must be given to silencing the guns, calming the situation and resolving differences through dialogue,” Borrell said. it’s a statement.
The head of European diplomacy has stressed that in recent months both the Armed Forces and the RSF (Rapid Support Forces) have made “enormous efforts” to put the country back on the path of democracy by reaching a framework agreement that opens on the way to a government led by civilians, and considered that today’s events “put these important advances in jeopardy.”
The EU, he added, will continue to coordinate closely with regional and international partners to promote a path towards a political agreement that brings “peace, stability and economic development” to the African country.
Today there were clashes between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the paramilitary group, which accused the Sudanese Army of launching an action against one of its bases in Khartoum, while the Armed Forces assured that they carried it out in response to an attack that the RSF they had already performed previously in that city.
The fighting in Khartoum and other cities in the country has become one of the worst escalations of violence in recent years, which has left at least three civilians dead and dozens wounded, according to the Sudanese Doctors Union.
The clashes take place two days after the Army warned that the country is going through a “dangerous situation” that could lead to an armed conflict, after the mobilization of RSF units in the Sudanese capital and in other cities without the consent or coordination of the Armed Forces. Forces. .
This mobilization occurred during the negotiations to reach a definitive political agreement that would put an end to the 2021 coup and lead Sudan to a democratic transition, a pact whose signing was postponed twice this month precisely due to tensions and rivalries between the Army and the RSFs. .
Source: TSF
