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01-10-2024
KHARTOUM/ DUBAI: The Sudanese army on Monday denied accusations by the United Arab Emirates that its forces bombed the residence of the UAE ambassador in the capital, Khartoum.
The UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Sunday accused the Sudanese army of targeting and bombing the ambassador’s residence with aircraft. It said it would submit a protest note to the United Nations and regional organizations.
The accusations mark an escalation in tensions between Abu Dhabi and Khartoum. Sudanese military leaders have accused the UAE of fueling the conflict by providing military support to the Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
“The Sudanese Armed Forces condemn and deny the accusation by the United Arab Emirates of bombing the residence of its ambassador in Khartoum,” an army spokesperson said in a statement on Monday morning.
The army does not target diplomatic missions, UN or aid organizations, nor use them as military bases or loot them, the spokesperson said, adding that the “Terrorist militia of the Daglo rebels” was responsible for such acts. The statement further said these rebels are supported by countries known to the world.
The military spokesman said it targets only locations where the militia is present, which it said was its right to defend the Sudanese state.
After fighting intensified in April 2024, all diplomatic missions left Khartoum, with most relocating to Port Sudan in the east of the country.
Sudanese officials say the RSF, which seized Khartoum, looted and attacked foreign embassies without facing strong international condemnation.
Kuwait and Jordan on Monday condemned the reported attack on the residence of the United Arab Emirates ambassador in Khartoum.
Kuwait and Jordan on Monday condemned the reported attack on the residence of the United Arab Emirates ambassador in Khartoum.
The Kuwaiti Ministry of Foreign Affairs stressed the “importance of respecting the sanctity of diplomatic missions and providing them with full protection, in accordance with the provisions of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations of 1961.”
In Oman, foreign ministry spokesperson Sufian Qudah emphasized Jordan’s “firm condemnation and absolute rejection” of the attack, calling it a “serious violation of international law and an infringement on the sanctity of diplomatic premises.”
Earlier, the UAE reacted with outrage on Monday after the home of its ambassador in war-torn Sudan was attacked and badly damaged.
The oil-rich Gulf state, which has repeatedly denied accusations of involvement in the war, blamed the Sudanese armed forces for the “heinous” attack.
Sudan’s army denied carrying out the attack, insisting it does not target diplomatic missions.
The army accuses the UAE of backing the paramilitary Rapid Support Force which it had been fighting since April 2023 in a war that has killed tens of thousands of people and ignited a dire humanitarian crises.
The UAE has strongly condemned the heinous attack that targeted the residence of the UAE Head of Mission in Khartoum by a Sudanese army aircraft which resulted in extensive damage to the building.
The UAE has called on the army to assume full responsibility for this cowardly act as describing it as a “flagrant violation of the fundamental principle of the inviolability of diplomatic premises.”
The Sudanese army responded that it “condemns and denies the accusation” by the UAE, adding that “it does not target the headquarters of diplomatic mission. (Int’l News Desk)
