Sudan’s Junta is blaming the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) for delaying the search for peace in the country after a planned first face-to-face meeting between warring leaders failed on Thursday, Sudan Transitional Sovereignty Council leader and his nemesis were set to meet in Djibouti on December 28…
11th hour
However, the meeting failed at the 11th hour after Hemedti signalled he was not available, The regional bloc, Intergovernmental Authority on Development (Igad), which is mediating the talks, had indicated that it was a one-day meeting only for Hemedti, who is on tour in Uganda, to cite technical reasons for his inability to show up.
The meeting scheduled in Djibouti on the 28th December 2023 has been postponed to early 2024 for technical reasons,” said a dispatch from Djibouti’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. Djibouti is the current chair of Igad and had said the precise dates for the January meeting would be “communicated in due time.
The meeting will now take place on January 3, Burhan blamed Hemedti for delaying the talks, “The Government of Sudan regrets the Rapid Support Forces’ procrastination in seeking a voice of reason, and this is evident from their lack of response to attending tomorrow’s meeting,” said a statement from the Sudan Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which for the first time referred to the Rapid Support Forces by name in a public document since the war began on April 15. It previously labelled it as a criminal rebel group.
