{"id":34452,"date":"2024-10-15T01:56:58","date_gmt":"2024-10-14T22:56:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/?p=34452"},"modified":"2024-10-15T01:56:58","modified_gmt":"2024-10-14T22:56:58","slug":"djiboutis-president-calls-on-burhan-for-sudans-return-as-an-influential-igad-member","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/2024\/10\/15\/djiboutis-president-calls-on-burhan-for-sudans-return-as-an-influential-igad-member\/","title":{"rendered":"Djibouti\u2019s President Calls on Burhan for Sudan\u2019s Return as an Influential IGAD Member"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\"><b>Sudan Events &#8211; Follow-up<\/b><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">On Monday, Chairman of the Sovereign Council and Army Commander General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan received a written message from Djibouti\u2019s President Isma\u00efl Omar Guelleh regarding bilateral relations between the two countries and ways to support and enhance them.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">This came during Burhan\u2019s meeting on Monday with Djibouti\u2019s Presidential Envoy and Foreign Minister Mahmoud Ali Youssef, in the presence of Acting Foreign Minister Ambassador Hussein Awad.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Ambassador Awad stated that the meeting addressed Sudan-Djibouti relations on regional and international levels, and discussed the possibility of Sudan\u2019s return to IGAD. He mentioned that Burhan and the envoy had a long discussion about IGAD\u2019s mistakes towards Sudan and stressed the need to separate Sudan\u2019s relationship with Djibouti from its relationship with IGAD until the organization corrects its stance and acknowledges its mistakes.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">According to the foreign minister, Djibouti\u2019s president expressed the possibility of Sudan returning to IGAD in his message, emphasizing IGAD countries\u2019 ability to overcome challenges. The two leaders agreed to study the matter.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Djibouti\u2019s Foreign Minister explained that his country is closely monitoring the situation in Sudan, expressing regret for the suffering caused by the ongoing war. He noted the violations committed by the rebel forces against civilians, while also affirming that the signs of victory for the armed forces are becoming evident and that Sudan will soon return stronger to its regional position within IGAD, being a founding member of the organization.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The envoy also highlighted the growing relations between Sudan and Djibouti, stating that Sudan plays a significant and pivotal role. He added that as the chair of IGAD, President Guelleh sent the message to encourage Sudan\u2019s return as an influential IGAD member. He also congratulated the Sudanese people on the military\u2019s victory and the restoration of control over the situation.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sudan Events &#8211; Follow-up On Monday, Chairman of the Sovereign Council and Army Commander General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan received a written message from Djibouti\u2019s President Isma\u00efl Omar Guelleh regarding bilateral relations between the two countries and ways to support and enhance them. This came during Burhan\u2019s meeting on Monday with Djibouti\u2019s Presidential Envoy and Foreign &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":34453,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34452","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local","category-news-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34452","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34452"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34452\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34454,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34452\/revisions\/34454"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34453"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34452"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34452"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34452"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}