Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir said during a rally in Khartoum yesterday that there are parties who conspire against his country and seek to implant and humiliate Sudan, warning the Sudanese to become refugees. He renewed his call to arms owners to return to what they are doing and to contribute to building the country through dialogue.

Bashir stressed that there is no alternative to national dialogue and return to the elections, pointing out that there are those who "have foreign agendas" and that the Sudanese people decide who governs them through free and fair elections.

"We affirm that whoever wants power is welcome, but that will only be done through one free and fair election," he said.

He renewed his call to arms owners to return, and arbitration of reason, and contribute to the construction of Sudan, stressing that the Sudanese people will choose who governs through the ballot boxes.

Bashir praised the Sudanese armed forces «which have maintained the country and provided the martyrs», and also paid tribute to the security forces and police, which «dealt civilizedly with peaceful demonstrators».

Bashir warned the Sudanese to become refugees, saying: "People in the second countries have lost security, and they came to our country to look for him, and where are you going? Are you becoming refugees? "

The Sudanese president, dressed in khaki trousers and shirt, arrived at the scene, greeted his supporters and spoke to them. But there was confusion on mobile phones after his arrival, and the Internet was cut off.

Men, women and children carrying pro-Bashir banners arrived at the assembly point in buses since early morning.

The president was accompanied by a number of ministers and government officials.

Bashir's speech came hours before a protest rally was held to the national legislature in Omdurman, the twin city of Khartoum, to present a memorandum demanding Bashir's resignation.

Hundreds of riot police, soldiers and security personnel, who carried machine guns, were deployed at the assembly site in the Green Square, a large and open area in the city.

On the other hand, thousands of demonstrators emerged yesterday from the streets of the city of Omdurman chanting the overthrow of Bashir, while the police fired gas bombs intensely amid a state of chill between protesters and police, where the Sudanese riot police fired tear gas at the demonstrators.

Witnesses said the protesters had put up barricades in the streets.

Since December, Sudan has been gripped by angry protests after the government's decision to raise bread prices three times as the country suffers from a sharp foreign exchange shortage and 70 percent inflation.

The protests, which first erupted in towns and villages before moving to Khartoum, turned into anti-government rallies that analysts called the biggest challenge for Bashir's regime for years.

Authorities reported that at least 19 people were killed in the demonstrations, including a security official, but Amnesty International says the death toll has reached 37.

Bashir, who ordered the police to use "less force" against protesters, blamed the violence during the protests on unnamed conspirators.

"Those who conspired against Sudan have unfortunately planted in our midst some of the agents and some traitors who have managed to exploit some of the weak souls who were broken, burned and vandalized," he said in a speech during a military shooting festival east of Atbara.

Bashir said yesterday that "some say the army is in power. No problem we have in it. If someone comes wearing khaki (military uniform), God does not mind us. Because the army when moving does not move from a vacuum and does not move to support customers, but moving in support of the homeland ».

Britain, Norway, the United States and Canada have reiterated their concerns over the situation in Sudan.

"We are shocked by reports of deaths and serious injuries among those exercising their legitimate right to demonstrate, as well as reports of the use of live ammunition against demonstrators," it said in a joint statement.

"We call on the Sudanese government to conduct a fully transparent and independent investigation into the deaths of protesters as soon as possible and to hold those responsible accountable."

Khartoum also called for the release of all detainees without charge, warning that the government's move on this issue will "affect" in its dealings with the governments of the four countries.

Bashir confirmed that the Sudanese people decide who governs through free and fair elections.