Burhan renews his support for UNITAMS initiative to end Sudanese crisis
March 3, 2022 (KHARTOUM) – The head of the Sovereign Council in Sudan renewed his support for the international initiative led by the United Nations to end the political crisis in the country.
On Thursday, al-Burhan met with the European Union’s envoy for the Horn of Africa Annette Weber and the Director of the African Department of the British Foreign Office, Moazzam Malik.
According to statements issued by the Sovereign Council, the meetings dealt with the national dialogue process in order to form a new transitional government that will complete the tasks of the transition and prepare for elections.
“Al-Burhan renewed his commitment to a comprehensive dialogue process to reach a consensus between the parties (ending the current crisis),” reads a statement released after his meeting with the British envoy.
Also, he reiterated his support for the UN initiative led by the UNITAMS mission and welcomed all internal and external initiatives that would encourage and make it successful.
The European Union and the Troika on Wednesday applauded the end of the first phase of the UNITAMS consultations with the Sudanese political and civilian stakeholders.
They further encouraged the transition support mission to launch the second stage of the process which is facilitating an intra-Sudanese dialogue.
Al-Burhan welcomed the mediation of the African Union but said that the UNITAMS’s role should be limited to facilitating the Sudanese led-dialogue.
After the meeting, Weber said she has a “fruitful” with the al-Burhan, according to a statement by the Sovereign Council.
She said they agreed with him on the “general principles of dialogue between the Sudanese parties, and the need to accelerate its pace,”
Al-Burhan, previously, stressed his support to the democratic transition in the country.
However, to explain his coup d’état in October 2021, he blamed the FFC groups of seeking to empower themselves and neglecting the transition.
But the political forces reject the charges pointing out that he did not want to transfer the chairmanship of the Sovereign Council to a civilian as agreed in the constitutional declaration of 2019. Also, he refuses to implement the reform of the security sector.
(ST)