Al-Burhan participates and opposition forces boycott.. The launch of the first sessions of the tripartite mechanism for dialogue in Sudan

The first session of direct dialogue between the parties to the Sudanese crisis, called for by the joint tripartite mechanism, will start today, Wednesday, in Khartoum.

While the head of the Transitional Sovereignty Council in Sudan, "Abdel-Fattah Al-Burhan" accepted the invitation, other forces refused to participate.

The "Forces of Freedom and Change - the Central Council", including the National Umma Party, apologized for participating because of what they said was flooding the political process with forces supporting the coup, which requires clearly defining the participating parties and the agenda.

And "Freedom and Change" is the coalition that led the protests that toppled the rule of former Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir in April 2019, after a rule that lasted 3 decades.

The Sudanese Communist Party and the coordination of the resistance committees also refused to participate in the dialogue, while the original Democratic Union Party and the People's Congress did not issue any confirmation or denial of their participation.

For his part, member of the Transitional Sovereign Council in Sudan, Al-Hadi Idris, affirmed his support and participation in the meeting, which was announced by the tripartite mechanism consisting of the United Nations Mission, the African Union and the Intergovernmental Authority on Development in East Africa (IGAD), for the dialogue between the Sudanese parties to get out of the current crisis.

After his meeting with Molly Faye, the US Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, Idris stressed that Sudan is going through circumstances that require the parties to the political crisis, civilians and soldiers, to move and sit down for dialogue to address the crisis.

On the other hand, the head of the Transitional Sovereign Council in Sudan, Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, announced the acceptance of the tripartite mechanism’s invitation for dialogue, stressing in a speech that the opportunity is historic to complete the transitional phase in the country.

The head of the Transitional Sovereign Council in Sudan, Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, reiterated the commitment to distance the military establishment from politics.

Al-Burhan renewed his commitment to distance the military establishment from politics (Reuters)

Juba's position

For his part, Tut Galwak, the security advisor to the President of South Sudan, said after his arrival in Khartoum that Juba will continue its efforts to achieve consensus between the Sudanese national and political forces for the success of the transitional period and the achievement of democratic transformation.

He explained that his visit to Khartoum aims to advance the Sudanese dialogue process in coordination with the tripartite mechanism to achieve the aspirations of the Sudanese people.

In the same regard, Syed Ali Abu Amna, the political secretary of the Beja Optical Council and the independent "Amoudiyat" in eastern Sudan, called not to deal with anyone from outside the Beja Optical Council who attends the dialogue in the name of the coordination.

Abu Amneh explained that the mechanism that called for dialogue did not submit an invitation to the council, and he believed that this was a reason for the sudden resignation of the council's president, "Mohammed Al-Amin Turk."