Egyptian intelligence supports Sudanese opposition: al-Bashir
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February 5, 2017 (KHARTOUM) - Sudanese President Omer al-Bashir said
his government has repeatedly asked Egypt to not support the Sudanese
opposition denying that Khartoum is hosting any leaders from the
Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood.
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Egyptian president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (R) meets with Sudanese
president Omer Hassan al-Bashir in Cairo on 18 October 2014 (Photo:
Reuters)
During an interview with the Dubai-based Al Arabiya TV on Sunday,
al-Bashir described his personal relationship with the Egyptian
President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi as “very distinct”.
“However that doesn’t preclude the presence of outstanding issues
[between the two countries],” he said.
He pointed that their problem is not with President al-Sisi but rather
the regime, stressing the “Egyptian intelligence is offering support
to Sudanese opponents”.
However, President Bashir didn’t identify the opposition groups
supported by Cairo or develop his claims.
Al-Bashir went further to say that his government has repeatedly
demanded Cairo to stop supporting the Sudanese opposition, denying
that Khartoum is hosting leaders from the Muslim Brotherhood.
“We didn’t host any Brotherhood leaders in Sudan because our policy is
against harboring any hostile activities against any country,” he
said.
Relations between Sudan and Egypt have been frosty over the past few
years, but they’ve recently begun to thaw thanks to a series of
conciliatory diplomatic gestures.
In October 2014, presidents of the two countries upgraded
representation in a joint committee aimed at strengthening bilateral
ties.
DISPUTE OVER HALAYEB
Meanwhile, al-Bashir said Sudan will resort to the United Nations
Security Council if Egypt refuses to negotiate over Halayeb area.
The Halayeb triangle, which is a 20,580 km area on the Red Sea, has
been a contentious issue between Egypt and Sudan since 1958, shortly
after Sudan gained its independence from the British-Egyptian rule in
January1956.
The area has been under Cairo’s full military control since the
mid-1990’s following a Sudanese-backed attempt to kill the former
Egyptian President Mohamed Hosni Mubarak.
Al-Bashir underlined that “Halayeb triangle would remain a Sudanese
territory”, saying the area was part of the electoral constituencies
during the first Sudanese elections in 1954.
In April 2016, Cairo refused a demand by the Sudanese government to
hold direct talks on Halayeb and Shalateen or to accept the referral
of the dispute to the International Court of Arbitration.
Egypt has used to reject Sudan’s repeated calls for referring the
dispute to international arbitration.
The international law provides that the agreement of the two parties
is needed to arbitrate a dispute by the tribunal.
Also, the Egyptian authorities have imposed restrictions on the entry
of Sudanese nationals into the area.
Sudanese government continued to annually renew a complaint lodged to
the UN Security Council over Halayeb.
SITUATION IN LIBYA
Meanwhile, al-Bashir said Sudan recognizes the government of national
concord in Libya headed by Faiz al-Sarraj as the legitimate
government.
“Any vacuum in Libya will [adversely] impact on the whole region,
therefore Khartoum supports the resolution of the Libyan issue away
from the conflict” he said
He denied that Khartoum is has provided arms to the warring parties in
Libya after the fall of President Muammar Gaddafi.
Sudan is accused of supporting Libyan Islamists government based in
Tripoli, as reports say Jihadist fighters from Sudan and other African
countries are joining the Libyan chapter of the Islamic State of Iraq
and Syria (ISIS) or Daesh group.
In September, 2014, the Libyan government had expelled the Sudanese
military attaché after accusing Khartoum of flying weapons to Islamist
rebels in Tripoli.
RUNNING FOR PRESIDENCY IN 2020
Responding to a question about his intentions to run for a third term
in 2020, al-Bashir pointed that the 2005 constitution “limits the
president to serving only two terms”, saying “I’m now serving my
second term”.
He added that a number of leaders might compete to gain the
chairmanship of the ruling National Congress Party (NCP), saying the
party chairman will be the nominee for the presidency.
The NCP Shura Council, in October 2014, choose al-Bashir again to be
the party’s candidate for the presidential elections of April 2015, in
spite of his pledge earlier to not run for the office of President
again.
In an interview with the Egyptian weekly, Al-Ahram in August 2016,
al-Bashir said he would step down from the presidency and remains away
from politics at the end of his term in 2020.
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5 February 22:18, by Eastern
When shall the lower riparian nations of the Nile basin jointly
rise to Egypt? South Sudan didn’t sign the archaic 1925 Nile Water
Agreement anyway! Socially and politically, Egypt identifies with the
Arabs in the Middke East; it cares less about the black Africa....
repondre message
6 February 00:51, by South South
Egypt as a country is a close friend of South Sudan as long as
there is common interests between two countries. There are nowadays
some black Africa including some in our country South Sudan who do not
care about black people in South Sudan.
repondre message
6 February 04:59, by Akook
If Sudan can forcefully occupy Abyei of Dinka Ngok of
South Sudan, why then, are they making this noisy reaction when Egypt
does the same to them by forcefully occupying Halayeb area?
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