Conclusion of a conference in Egypt on the Sudanese crisis, and forces refuse to sign its final statement

Cairo – The Sudanese political and civil forces conference concluded in Cairo yesterday, Sunday, in which the Sudanese parties discussed ways to resolve the crisis, while political forces refused to sign its final statement.

Following the conclusion of the two-day conference, political figures announced that they had refrained from signing the conference’s final statement because it did not include their comments and amendments.

The most prominent signatories to the statement were Malik Agar, Gibril Ibrahim, Minni Arko Minawi, Al-Tijani Al-Sisi, Muhammad Al-Amin Turk, and others.

These figures affirmed – in a statement – their commitment to peace and democratic transformation and their support for Egyptian efforts to achieve Sudanese dialogue and peace and stability.

She pointed out that these forces refused to sit directly at this stage with the Coordination of Civil and Political Forces (Progress) due to its alliance with what it called the Rapid Support Militia, and its failure to condemn the gross violations of human rights and dignity, humiliating practices, violations of honor, and looting, according to what was stated in the statement.

The head of the Sudan Liberation Movement and governor of Darfur, Minni Arko Minawi, said that his refusal to sign was due to the conference’s final statement avoiding what he described as “the major crimes of the Rapid Support Forces, such as those that took place in El Fasher, El Geneina, and the Wad El Noura area in Gezira State.”

In turn, the official spokesman for the Forces for Freedom and Change (Democratic Bloc), Mohamed Zakaria, told Al Jazeera that a number of political components refused to sign the final statement of the conference of political and civil forces held in Cairo, which avoided condemning the crimes of the Rapid Support Forces in the ongoing war in Sudan.

Zakaria listed some political forces that refused to sign the final statement for the same reason, such as the Sudan Liberation Movement led by Minni Minawi, the Sudan Liberation Movement led by Malik Agar, the Supreme Council of Beja Nazirs and Independent Chiefdoms, and other groups.

In the same context, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi stressed that Egypt will spare no effort and will not spare any attempt to mend the rift between the various Sudanese parties, stop the war, ensure the return of security and stability, and preserve the capabilities of the Sudanese people.

This came during Sisi’s reception, today, Sunday, of a Sudanese delegation participating in the Sudanese Political and Civil Forces Conference.

Egyptian presidential spokesman Ahmed Fahmy said in a statement published on the presidency’s Facebook page that the Egyptian president expressed, during the meeting, his appreciation for the participants’ response to the Egyptian invitation to hold this important conference, under the slogan “Together to Stop the War,” in light of the critical historical moment that Sudan is going through, which requires creating the appropriate climate to unify the Sudanese people’s visions regarding how to stop the war.

Al-Sisi stressed the need for concerted efforts to reach a comprehensive political solution that achieves the aspirations of the Sudanese people and ends the deep, multi-dimensional crisis that Sudan is experiencing, with its disastrous repercussions on various political, social and humanitarian levels.

The Sudanese political and civil forces concluded their one-day conference in the Egyptian capital, Cairo.

The statement said, according to the final statement, that the Sudanese forces participating in the conference discussed the necessity of an immediate cessation of war, including mechanisms, means and monitoring of the permanent ceasefire.

The participants stressed the need to adhere to the Jeddah Declaration and consider the mechanisms for its implementation and development to keep pace with developments in the war. The conference participants also agreed to form a committee to develop discussions and follow up on this effort in order to achieve lasting peace.

The final statement stressed the need to silence the voice of the cannons, achieve security for civilians, silence the voices of violence, hatred and negative propaganda, and strive together to rebuild basic facilities.

According to the final statement, the conference participants discussed visions and viewpoints with the aim of agreeing on the level of joint action required to stop the war, end the causes that led to it, and quickly meet urgent humanitarian needs.

The conference participants also stressed that the war is a vital indicator for thinking regarding the comprehensive re-establishment of the Sudanese state on the foundations of justice, freedom and peace, calling on the countries and parties supporting the parties to the war, with any form of direct or indirect support, to stop igniting more fires of war in Sudan.

It is noteworthy that the Sudanese Forces Conference, which was held in Egypt today, was opened with the attendance of representatives of those forces, the United Nations, the African Union, the League of Arab States, the European Union, and a number of influential countries interested in the Sudanese file.

The most prominent participants in the event were Abdullah Hamdok, head of the Civil Democratic Forces Authority (Taqaddum), Fadlallah Burma Nasser, head of the Umma Party, Babiker Faisal, head of the Executive Office of the Federal Gathering Party, Omar Al-Degair, head of the Sudanese Congress Party, Kamal Bulad, leader of the Baath Party, Al-Hadi Idris, leader of the Sudan Liberation Movement – Transitional Council, and Al-Tahir Hajar, leader of the Sudan Liberation Forces Gathering, in addition to representatives of professionals, unions, civil society, and resistance committees.

Source: Al Jazeera + German