Two initiatives, one African and one from Hamdok to collect Burhan (right) and Hemedti (agencies)
The Sudanese Foreign Ministry said it had received a memorandum from its counterpart in Djibouti, which currently chairs the Organization of East African States (IGAD), stating that the meeting of General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, head of the Transitional Sovereignty Council and commander of the Sudanese army, with the commander of the Rapid Support Forces Mohamed Hamdan Daglo "Hemedti", which was scheduled to be held on Thursday, was postponed.
The Sudanese Foreign Ministry added in a statement that the Djiboutian Foreign Ministry informed it that Hemedti will not be able to come to Djibouti for technical reasons of his own, and that it will try to coordinate the meeting during the month of January.
The Sudanese Foreign Ministry confirmed that "Burhan officially announced his agreement to hold the meeting, in the hope of ending the suffering of the Sudanese left by the rebellion of the Rapid Support Forces against the armed forces," and accused the Rapid Support Command of procrastination and lack of arbitration of the voice of reason, or the desire to stop the destruction of Sudan and its people.
Two initiatives are competing to bring together the two military leaders, one adopted by the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) to find an African solution to the Sudanese crisis, while the second is led by former Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok, who announced last Monday that he had sent letters to the two generals inviting them to an urgent meeting to discuss ways to stop the war.
However, "Hemedti" announced in a post on the "X" platform – on Tuesday evening – an unconditional agreement to meet Burhan based on Hamdok's initiative, without referring to the invitation of "IGAD", and said, "I confirm my full welcome to hold this meeting immediately, and we will proceed directly to discuss the arrangements for the meeting, as we extend our hands welcoming every national effort that brings peace and ends the suffering left by the war."
International reports indicate that at least 12,5 Sudanese have been killed, thousands injured and about <> million displaced by fighting since mid-April in the capital, Khartoum, Darfur and North Kordofan (west), which has spread over the past two weeks to the central states of Gezira and Sennar.
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) said in a report that coincided with the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) overtaking Gezira state on December 18 that nearly 300,<> people had fled clashes in the state, which is home to thousands of people fleeing Khartoum battles.
Source : Al Jazeera + Agencies