Sudan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs warns "proxy war" in Darfur undermines regional and continental peace
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan has officially claimed that mercenaries from a number of countries are involved in the raging war between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) since April 2023.
Active military actions and almost daily confrontations take place in the area adjacent to Al Fashir in Darfur region, adjacent to Chad, Libya, Central African Republic, Libya and South Sudan.
This week, the RSF launched what the army said was a “massive, but foiled attack” on Al Fashir during which a number of those fighting alongside the RSF ranks were captured or fell in the battlefield. It was in this fight that the government and Darfur's former rebel movements said they captured numerous foreign elements including, Colombian nationals.
"The Government of Sudan would like to draw the attention of the regional and international communities to the extent of the conspiracy against the Sudanese state, to which the country has been subjected via the so-called Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia and the mercenary forces fighting alongside it since the terrorist militia's rebellion on April 15, 2023," a statement by the Sudanese Ministry for Foreign Affairs said on Monday.
It stressed that the Government of Sudan has consistently pointed to the implication of “hundreds of thousands of mercenaries from neighbouring countries and countries outside the African continent in the aggression against Sudan".
The statement said that this involvement threatens peace and security in the region and on the African continent as the whole, and imposes a new reality that threatens the sovereignty of states, violates their sanctities, and changes the course of the war to become a cross-border terrorist war waged by proxy.
“The Government of Sudan is in possession of verifiable documents and evidence proving the involvement of mercenaries from the Republic of Colombia and some neighbouring countries, all sponsored and funded by the Abu Dhabi regime,” the statement carried by the official Sudan News Agency (SUNA) said on Tuesday.
“The Government of Sudan notes that this dangerous development in the course of the war poses a threat to regional and international peace and security, and warns of its consequences,” the statement said.
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