{"id":57960,"date":"2025-11-30T03:36:51","date_gmt":"2025-11-30T00:36:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/?p=57960"},"modified":"2025-11-30T03:36:51","modified_gmt":"2025-11-30T00:36:51","slug":"where-did-the-document-come-from-al-burhan-called-it-the-worst-andreas-motzfeldt-denied-its-existence-and-masad-bolos-disowned-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/30\/where-did-the-document-come-from-al-burhan-called-it-the-worst-andreas-motzfeldt-denied-its-existence-and-masad-bolos-disowned-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Where Did the Document Come From? Al-Burhan Called It \u201cthe Worst,\u201d Andreas Motzfeldt Denied Its Existence, and Masad Bolos Disowned It"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sudan Events – Agencies<\/strong><\/p>\n

When the Chairman of the Sovereignty Council addressed the Sudanese Army officers in a recent meeting, he spoke plainly about the proposal submitted to him by the Quartet Committee. \u201cThe mediation has just presented the worst paper yet, and we will not accept it because it eliminates the Armed Forces, calls for dissolving the security apparatus, and keeps the militia intact,\u201d he said. He added, \u201cThe Quartet presented three proposals, the first of which contradicts the fundamental principles of the Sudanese state and our aspirations as military officers.\u201d He continued, \u201cIf the mediation proceeds in this direction, we will consider it biased\u2014particularly the president\u2019s adviser, Masad Bolos.\u201d<\/p>\n

Shortly afterward, a highly alarming document was leaked, detailing the \u201cday after\u201d plan for halting the war and arranging the anticipated settlement. The paper was not framed as a proposal but rather an imposed blueprint\u2014ready to be applied wholesale to the Sudanese reality. It called for dismantling the army and security services, appointing a civilian government overseen by a figure selected by the Quartet, and removing Islamists according to criteria set by the Quartet. In effect, it amounted to placing Sudan under the committee\u2019s direct authority\u2014an approach Al-Burhan rejected outright.<\/p>\n

Then came the statement from Norway\u2019s State Minister for Foreign Affairs, Andreas Motzfeldt Kravik, who noted that during his meeting with Al-Burhan, he was struck by the heated debate surrounding a document said to have been delivered to the Sudanese government by Masad Bolos\u2014the very same leaked paper. When Kravik inquired, he was told that a new proposal had arrived and angered the government. He denied the existence of any new initiative and contacted Bolos, who also denied it. Kravik reaffirmed that the only document presented was the initial one submitted weeks earlier, which contained no provisions on dismantling the military institution or dissolving security bodies.
\nSo where, then, did the \u201cworst\u201d document\u2014described by Al-Burhan\u2014come from?<\/p>\n

Some believe it was leaked by the Emiratis through Masad Bolos; others argue that it was leaked by the Sudanese government itself to tighten the noose around Bolos\u2014who now seems to be facing the same fate as his predecessor during his final days.<\/p>\n

Dr. Ezzeldin Al-Jamri, writing on Facebook, offered the following interpretation: \u201cThe only explanation is that Bolos sent the document while implying it came from the government, as part of pressure tactics. I believe he sent it based on miscalculated, hasty Emirati assumptions, and perhaps later attempted to retract or fix the situation. The government detected this and leaked the paper as a form of pressure\u2014and as a shield against such ideas, especially since the Quartet contains multiple competing visions. This may be one of the undisclosed proposals. The UAE, impatient and misreading the moment\u2014perhaps listening too closely to Bin Salman\u2019s footsteps next door\u2014appears worried about looming shifts in the Sudan file. Things got out of control regarding the leaked initiative, and the government had every right to exploit it.\u201d
\nHe added, \u201cIt is clear that all the recent delegations arriving in Port Sudan are linked to this file.\u201d<\/p>\n

Saeed Salama of the Vision Center for Strategic Studies says Al-Burhan has long understood that the Quartet is not united in purpose, and that its actions are shaped primarily by the interests of its member states. \u201cSome do have strategic interests,\u201d he said, \u201cbut the national interests of each state heavily influence its position.\u201d
\nHe added, \u201cIt seems to me that the document was leaked by the U.S. representative to the Sudanese government in order to extract a certain reaction and shape his upcoming stance\u2014while striking down the initiative put forward by Prince Mohammed bin Salman. It was a malicious paper, and the army responded in a way Bolos did not expect, neutralizing it entirely. That\u2019s all there is to it. No one will mention it again, and negotiations will remain confined to the first document.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dr. Al-Jamri counters, \u201cThe assumption that the government authored the paper to pressure Bolos is, in my view, simplistic. Yes, the government benefited from Bolos\u2019 denial\u2014but it is not in its interest to place the sovereignty of the state on the negotiating table, nor to find itself forced to defend that sovereignty. That is neither logical nor safe. What I believe happened is that the \u2018foreigner\u2019 forwarded the proposal for reasons known to him, and understood the benefits that would accrue to him and the UAE, given the Sudanese government\u2019s publicly stated position.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sudan Events – Agencies When the Chairman of the Sovereignty Council addressed the Sudanese Army officers in a recent meeting, he spoke plainly about the proposal submitted to him by the Quartet Committee. \u201cThe mediation has just presented the worst paper yet, and we will not accept it because it eliminates the Armed Forces, calls …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":57560,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57960","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-reports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57960","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=57960"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57960\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57961,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57960\/revisions\/57961"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57560"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57960"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57960"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}