Arab League forms Arab group to address Sudan crisis

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Dated Monday 08 May 2023 - full copy:

Arab League forms ministerial committee to address Sudan crisis

CAIRO, May 7 (Xinhua) -- The Arab League Council issued a resolution on Sunday to form an Arab ministerial contact group to communicate with the Sudanese parties and influential countries, aiming to reach a settlement of the crisis in Sudan.

The resolution, made during the Council's emergency meeting in the Egyptian capital Cairo, is meant to intensify Arab efforts to find a peaceful solution to the current conflict in Sudan between the Sudanese Army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) that erupted in mid-April.

Under the resolution, the contact group would include representatives from Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and the Arab League, according to an Arab League statement.

The contact group will hold communication with the Sudanese parties, influential countries regionally and internationally as well as relevant international organizations, according to the statement.

The committee aims to reach a complete and sustainable ceasefire in Sudan and address the causes of the crisis.

It will further coordinate with international relief organizations to provide urgent humanitarian and medical support to citizens and displaced persons inside Sudan.

The group will also work to help those taking refuge in neighboring countries.

The Council also stressed the need to fully respect Sudan's sovereignty, unity and territorial integrity, and not to interfere in its internal affairs to avoid fueling conflict and threatening regional peace and security.

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Sudan: Arab or African? Sudan belongs to both the African Union and Arab League. "We're all Africans, we're all black - talk of Arabs killing blacks is a lie"

Arab League chief urges settlement of Sudan crisis without foreign intervention

CAIRO, June 16 2019 (Xinhua) -- Arab League (AL) Secretary General Ahmed Aboul-Gheit urged Sudanese parties on Sunday [16 June] to find solutions to the ongoing crisis "away from foreign interventions or dictations," the Cairo-based pan-Arab body said in a statement. 

Aboul-Gheit's remarks came following his visit to Khartoum and his talks with concerned parties in Sudan including General Abdel-Fattah al-Burhan, head of the temporarily ruling Transitional Military Council (TMC) and leaders of the Forces for Freedom and Change. 

"The AL will be side by side with all the people of Sudan to overcome the current challenges, urging them to maintain dialogue and return to the table of negotiations to reach vast national consensus," the AL chief reaffirmed during his meetings in the Sudanese capital.

He added that the continuous chaos in Sudan could open the door for foreign interventions, mediations and attempts to affect the course of affairs in the country.

"This requires the AL to be strongly present in the Sudanese scene to help the people of Sudan overcome the current difficulties," Aboul-Gheit pointed out, according to the statement.

Full story: http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-06/17/c_138148459.htm

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Further Reading

From Sudan Watch archive - Feb 24, 2007:

"We're all Africans, we're all black - talk of Arabs killing blacks is a lie" 
-Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, Khartoum Sudan 2007

To read more click here:

https://sudanwatch.blogspot.com/2007/02/sudans-bashir-were-all-africans-were.html

From Sudan Watch archive - Dec 05, 2010:

Sudan: Arab or African? (The Debate Continues)

Ingrid @ Sudan Watch asked the following question:

Since Sudan belongs to both the African Union and Arab League, I wonder if Sudanese women see Sudan as an African or Arab country. …

To read more click here:

https://sudanwatch.blogspot.com/2010/12/sudan-arab-or-african-debate-continues.html

Arabs to form legal committee to support Sudan says Sudan's Justice Minister Abdel-Basit Saleh Sabdarat

CAIRO, Sun Oct 12 2008 (Xinhua) - Arab justice ministers have agreed to set up a legal committee to support Sudan in face of its current crisis with the International Criminal Court (ICC), Sudanese Minister of Justice Abdel-Basit Saleh Sabdarat said here on Sunday.

The ministers made the decision to form the committee at an extraordinary session held at the Cairo-based Arab League (AL) on Sunday, Sabdarat told reporters following the meeting.

Full story by Mu Xuequan - Sudanese minister: Arabs to form legal committee to support Sudan