Sudan: AU denounces "dishonest" discussions in the framework of the tripartite dialogue
Representatives of the tripartite mechanism which includes UNITAMS, the UN Transition Mission in Sudan, the African Union (AU) and Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), in the Sudanese capital Khartoum on June 8, 2022. AFP - ASHRAF SHAZLY
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Nothing is going well between diplomats in Khartoum.
On Tuesday, June 21, the African Union ambassador and the governor of Darfur, an ally of the junta in power since the October 25 coup, violently denounced the parallel discussions aimed at bringing the military and the civil opposition, which continues to refuse any sharing of power and any negotiation with the putschists.
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Tuesday evening, the ambassador of the African Union, Mohamed Belaïche, did not mince his words.
During a last-minute press briefing, he announced nothing less than his “
withdrawal
” from the tripartite dialogue initiated with the UN and the regional organization Igad.
“
The African Union
cannot continue with these dishonest, opaque discussions that exclude participants or treat them unfairly
,”
he said.
A withdrawal “
from certain activities
” only, however, specified the ambassador in the morning.
"
Dishonest
", "
opaque
"... Why such statements?
A partial response was given last night in the same place, in front of the same microphones, by Minni Minnawi, the governor of Darfur and
leader of a former rebel group
now allied with the military junta, as the ambassador of the African Union had just met.
He clearly denounced the parallel discussions - "
under the table
" even - between the Forces of Freedom and Change, the main coalition of the civil opposition, and a delegation of soldiers, under the patronage of the United States and the 'Saudi Arabia.
A first unprecedented meeting took place on June 10 and a new invitation was issued for a new meeting.
But the African Union and Minni Minnawi are formal: according to them, these are, in the long term, doomed to exclude major political actors from a possible solution to the crisis.
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Sudan: the "national dialogue" in the face of the opposition's refusal to compromise with the military
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