FM: France’s Hosting of a Humanitarian Conference without Consulting Sudan is a Disregard for Principle of State Sovereignty

Events – Follow-ups

On Friday, the Sudanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs denounced the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ hosting of the Ministerial Conference on the Humanitarian Situation in Sudan, which is scheduled to be held in mid-April, without consulting the Government of Sudan.
In a statement, the Foreign Ministry considered holding the conference without consulting the government of Sudan “a disregard for international law, the United Nations Charter, and the principle of state sovereignty.”
The Foreign Ministry said that the failure to invite the government for the conference comes within the framework of “hiding behind the pretext of neutrality and equality between what the organizers call two parties to a conflict, to justify ignoring Sudan in organizing this meeting,” considering it “a worthless argument, an unacceptable matter, and a dangerous precedent in international relations.”
The statement noted the participation of what it called the militia’s regional sponsors and its political wing in the meeting, which will be held in mid-April, coinciding with the completion of the war in Sudan for its first year.
It pointed out that equating the legitimate government and the national army, on the one hand, with a multinational “terrorist militia” that targets the state institution itself and practices genocide and the worst human rights violations, on the other hand, would undermine the foundations of regional and international security.
The statement explained that the Government of Sudan, based on its responsibility for its people, was the first to seek to mobilize the necessary international support to confront the humanitarian crisis created by the aggression of the “militia” and its foreign sponsors against the Sudanese people.
The statement called on the international community to fulfill previous pledges, of which only 5% were fulfilled, instead of wasting resources and efforts in holding new conferences, which “will be nothing more than political and propaganda festivals,” as it described it.
The Foreign Ministry renewed the commitment of the Sudanese government to provide all possible facilities to mobilize and deliver humanitarian aid to those in need throughout the country.
In the mean time it called on the international community to take a firm stance against targeting RSF for humanitarian aid convoys through the routes that were agreed upon between Sudan and the United Nations.
The Foreign Ministry noted that the Sudanese people alone have the right to manage their public affairs, and to authorize whomever they deem fit to lead them towards achieving their aspirations for peace, democracy and development without guardianship or interference from any foreign forces, no matter how concerned they claim to be for their safety and interests.