Egyptian Foreign Minister reveals efforts to solve the Sudan crisis

Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdel-Atti said, on Monday, that his country is working to end the Israeli war in the Gaza Strip and facilitate the resolution of crises in Sudan and Libya.

In Kigali, Abdel-Atti met with his Rwandan counterpart Olivier Ndohoungerihi, on the sidelines of the inauguration ceremony of President Paul Kagame, according to a statement issued by the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
During the meeting, Abdel-Atti indicated that Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi places the Egyptian-African relations at the forefront of his interests, especially the relations with the Nile Basin countries, which share one fate.
He stressed the need to deal with the continent’s problems in accordance with the principle of African solutions to African issues, and through African initiatives that take into account the specifics of the conditions of the countries of the continent.

He expressed Egypt’s readiness to raise the level of political dialogue with Rwanda, and to resume the work of the joint committee, in order to strengthen bilateral relations between the two countries and open new areas of cooperation.

The two ministers discussed issues of cooperation between the Nile Basin countries, Egypt’s interest in the Horn of Africa, and cooperation between Egypt and Rwanda within the corridors of the African Union.

The meeting witnessed the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between Egypt and Rwanda in the field of transportation, in addition to announcing the allocation of a plot of land to Egypt near the border with Tanzania to establish a logistics zone.

On Regional files Abdel-Atti reviewed Egypt’s viewpoint on the current developments on several issues, including the ongoing crisis in the Gaza Strip and the ongoing efforts of Egypt to end it by achieving a comprehensive ceasefire, providing humanitarian aid, and preventing a major regional war.

With the support of the United States, Israel started a war on Gaza since October 7, 2023, which resulted in more than 132,000 Palestinians and wounded, the majority of whom were children and women, in addition to more than 10,000 missing persons, amid great destruction and hunger.

Egypt, Qatar and the United States have been conducting indirect talks for several months between Israel and Hamas, but these negotiations did not result in an agreement, due to Tel Aviv’s refusal to end the war and withdraw its forces from the Gaza Strip, in addition to the return of the displaced Palestinians to the northern Gaza Strip.

Abdel-Aty also dealt with the latest developments in the situation in Sudan and Libya, and discussed the continuous Egyptian efforts to resolve crises” in these two neighboring countries to Egypt.

Since April 2023, the Sudanese army and Rapid Support Fforces have been participating in an armed conflict that has resulted in about 18,800 dead and about 10 million displaced and refugees, according to United Nations estimates.

In Libya, since March 2022, there have been two governments, one of which is internationally recognized, the unity government headed by Abdel Hamid Al-Dabiba, based in the capital, Tripoli, where it runs the entire west of the country.
As for the second government, it is the government of Osama Hammad, which was commissioned by the House of Representatives, based in the city of Benghazi, and runs the eastern region of the country, in addition to some cities in the south.
The presence of the two governments has exacerbated the political crisis in Libya, as the Libyans hope to resolve it through presidential and parliamentary elections that represent their dream after years of waiting.
However, the disputes over the election laws and the implementing agency are hampering them.