Syria has announced its support for the decisions of the Summit of Sudan’s Neighbouring Countries, hosted by Egypt last Thursday, affirming its endorsement of all sincere efforts made to halt bloodshed and destruction in Sudan.
In a statement issued by the Syrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and published by the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) on Sunday, it was stated that “Syria, which considers Sudan a precious and beloved part of its Arab people and land, supports the decisions of the Cairo Summit and all sincere efforts that have been made to stop bloodshed and destruction in brotherly Sudan.”
The Syrian Foreign Ministry added, “The transfer of serious crises from one Arab country to another as a result of foreign interventions has become known and requires all our Arab countries and friendly nations to work to stop them and prevent their exploitation.”
Egypt hosted the Summit of Sudan’s Neighbouring Countries last Thursday, with leaders from Ethiopia, Eritrea, South Sudan, Chad, Libya, Central Africa, the Chairperson of the African Union Commission, and the Secretary-General of the League of Arab States in attendance to discuss ways to end the current conflict and its adverse impacts on neighbouring countries.
During the meeting, the leaders of Sudan’s neighbouring countries agreed to establish a ministerial mechanism to follow up on the Sudanese crisis and develop an action plan to resolve the situation and end the ongoing clashes there, which have been occurring since mid-April between the Sudanese army and Rapid Support Forces.
The final statement of the summit, read by the Egyptian President, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, stated that “an agreement was reached to form a ministerial mechanism on the Sudanese crisis at the level of foreign ministers of neighbouring countries, with its first meeting to be held in Chad.”
According to the statement, al-Sisi clarified that the ministerial mechanism will be tasked with “developing an action plan that includes practical and implementable solutions to stop the fighting and reach a comprehensive solution to the Sudanese crisis through direct communication with the various Sudanese parties in coordination with existing mechanisms, including IGAD and the African Union.”
He added that the mechanism will work to explore the necessary executive measures to address the implications of the Sudanese crisis on the future stability, unity, and integrity of Sudan, its national institutions’ preservation and prevention from collapse, and establishing safeguards to limit the negative impacts of the crisis on neighbouring countries.
The summit’s final statement also emphasised “the full respect for Sudan’s sovereignty, unity, and territorial integrity, non-interference in its internal affairs, dealing with the existing conflict as an internal matter and stressing the importance of non-interference of any external parties in the crisis that would fuel containment efforts and prolong its duration.”
