Sudan Events – Agencies
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi affirmed that his country is exerting effort – either bilaterally, regionally or internationally – to confront the repercussions of the Sudanese crisis.
Egyptian President El-Sisi received on Sunday a Sudanese delegation from the participants in the Sudanese Political and Civil Powers Conference hosted by Cairo, in the presence of Badr Abdel-Ati, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Immigration and Egyptian Expatriates Affairs, and Maj.Gen.Abbas Kamel, Head of the General Intelligence Service.
The meeting was also attended by many representatives of regional and international parties, including the Foreign Minister of Chad, senior officials from the UAE, Qatar, South Sudan and Germany, as well as representatives of the African Union AU , the Arab League and the United Nations UN and the ambassadors of France, the United Kingdom UK ,Norway, the European Union EU and Saudi Arabia in Cairo.
For his part, the Egyptian President expressed – during the meeting – his appreciation for the participants’ response to the Egyptian invitation to hold this important conference, under the slogan “Together to Stop the War”, in light of the critical historical moment that brotherly Sudan is going through, which requires creating the appropriate climate to unify the visions of the Sudanese regarding how to stop the war, according to a statement issued by the spokesman for the Egyptian presidency, Counselor Dr. Ahmed Fahmy.
President Sisi affirmed that Egypt will spare no effort and will spare no attempt to heal the rift between the various Sudanese parties, stop the war, ensure the return of security and stability, and preserve the capabilities of the Sudanese people, affirming the need for concerted efforts to reach a comprehensive political solution that achieves the aspirations of the Sudanese people and ends the deep, multi-dimensional crisis that Sudan is experiencing, with its catastrophic repercussions on various political, social and humanitarian levels.
The Egyptian President also stressed that his country is making every effort – whether bilaterally, regionally or internationally – to confront the repercussions of the Sudanese crisis, by providing all forms of support, reflecting the special nature of Egyptian-Sudanese relations, as Egypt continues to send a large number of shipments of humanitarian aid to our brothers in Sudan, in addition to hosting millions of others.
Politically, the Egyptian President affirmed the importance for the transition to the political track of the crisis to include the participation of all parties, according to the Sudanese national interest alone, and for the slogan “Sudan First” to be the driving force behind all sincere national efforts, addition to the necessity for any credible political process to be based on respecting the principles of Sudan’s sovereignty, the unity and integrity of its territories, and preserving the state and its institutions, as they are the basis for the unity, construction and stability of Sudan and its brotherly people, stressing Egypt’s keenness to coordinate and cooperate with regional and international partners to resolve the Sudanese crisis.
The Egyptian presidential spokesperson added that the speakers, who are symbols of the Sudanese political and civil powers, expressed their great appreciation and gratitude for the sincere Egyptian efforts to support Sudan since the beginning of the current crisis, which embodies the depth of the ties that unite the peoples of the two countries and the unity of history and destiny between them.
The Sudanese political and civil forces affirmed their welcome of the efforts of the Egyptian leadership to bring the views of the Sudanese parties closer together to get out of the current crisis, in addition to the support provided by Egypt to the people of Sudan, whether through its tireless efforts to address the catastrophic humanitarian situation experienced by large areas in Sudan, or through its generous and kind hosting, people and government, of the sons of the Sudanese people in their second homeland, Egypt, which reflects the eternal fraternal relations that bind the two countries and the two brotherly peoples.
