The head of the Sudanese Sovereign Council, Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, said that the issue of the east of the country is political and that the regular forces have nothing to do with what is happening there, coinciding with the arrival of a government delegation to Port Sudan in an attempt to reach a solution after protesters closed the only oil pipeline to Khartoum.
Al-Burhan stressed that unless the forces of the revolution unite, "we will not go with a small group that hijacked the revolution," noting that the armed forces are the guardian of the people and they guard the homeland, and that they will not turn against the December revolution.
Al-Jazeera correspondent from Khartoum, Ahmed Al-Raheed, said that these statements come in the context of the controversy between the military and civil components of the Sovereign Council that governs the country, and this controversy escalated after the coup attempt that occurred last Tuesday morning.
He referred to previous statements by Al-Burhan calling for the unification of the forces of the revolution, and the realization of its demands after two years of the transitional period.
On the other hand, a delegation from the transitional government, headed by a member of the Sovereign Council, Shams El-Din Kabbashi, arrived in Port Sudan, the capital of the Red Sea State, in the northeast of the country.
The government delegation will hold a meeting with the Red Sea State Security Committee, before entering into meetings with the leaders of the Supreme Council of the Beja Opticals and the independent columns in eastern Sudan.
The visit of the government delegation comes after 10 days of escalation led by the Council, by closing a number of vital and strategic facilities in the east of the country, as a means of pressure to achieve political demands, foremost of which is the abolition of the eastern Sudan track in the Juba negotiations, the dissolution of the government and the formation of a military council in which all regions are represented.
It is noteworthy that this council is a political component that emerged during the Juba negotiations between the government and the Revolutionary Front, and it consists of civil and party leaders and unorganized youth groups.
Yesterday, Saturday, the Minister of Energy and Oil, Jaden Ali Obaid, warned of a catastrophe in the country, as a result of the closure of the pipeline transporting oil derivatives to Khartoum and the two oil export ports in Port Sudan (east) by the Supreme Council of Beja Opticals and Independent Verticals.
On September 17, the Supreme Council of Beja and Al-Amoudiya Opticals announced the closure of a number of roads linking eastern Sudan with the rest of the country, and also closed a number of ports on the Red Sea, including the port of Port Sudan, in parallel with the complete closure of the road leading to the city of Port Sudan. .
Since August 21, 2019, Sudan has been going through a 53-month transitional period that ends with elections in early 2024, during which power is shared by the army, the "Declaration of Freedom and Change" forces and armed movements that signed a peace agreement with Khartoum on 3 October.