Sudan rejects Western criticism of the arrests as a "blatant interference"
Sudan on Friday rejected Western criticism of the arrest of two former senior officials opposed to military rule accused of corruption, saying it went against "diplomatic norms and practices".
Khaled Omar Youssef and Wagdy Saleh were arrested on Wednesday in a move that Norway, the United States, Britain, the European Union, Canada and Switzerland condemned as "harassment and intimidation" by the Sudanese military authorities.
In a statement, the Sudanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs considered this "a blatant interference in the internal affairs of Sudan and contrary to diplomatic norms and practices."
The two were part of the government that was overthrown in the October 25 coup and were arrested in the following weeks.
Since then, military leaders have been repeating warnings of foreign interference.
The two were members of a committee that seized the property of officials linked to the regime of ousted President Omar al-Bashir, who was criticized by the military.
A committee reviewing this committee's work said on Sunday that it had found irregularities.
"The two citizens referred to were in fact detained based on purely criminal suspicion, not as a result of any charge or political motive, and the ambassadors concerned should have taken care to obtain accurate information from official sources," the statement said.
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