Britain rejects any move to form a parallel government in Sudan

The Citizen

Britain confirmed its rejection of any steps aimed at forming a government in areas controlled by the Rapid Support militia, warning that such moves deepen divisions and increase instability in Sudan and the region, according to what was stated (Wednesday) in the speech of the British representative to the UN Security Council, Barbara Woodward, who announced a meeting to be held next April in London, including foreign ministers from about 20 countries and international organizations, to discuss supporting Sudan’s peaceful path.

Elements of the Rapid Support Forces militia and others allied with it, most of whom are residents of Britain and hold British or European and American nationalities, who participated in the recent Nairobi meetings, including Suleiman Sandal and Gibril Adam, who defected from the Justice and Equality Movement after being recruited by Hemeti, and Walid Madibo, who is known for his association with the militia for tribal and regional reasons, announced that they met with MP Rachel Maskell, head of the parliamentary group for Sudan and South Sudan, in one of the chambers of the British Parliament.

MP Rachel said that she was invited to address a meeting attended by Sudanese to clarify the group’s point of view on the Sudanese crisis, and stated that she did not know the identity of the Sudanese present, and her office was not able to verify this.
She confirmed that her position is against the Rapid Support Forces and the violations it commits, and that she demands that it be held accountable for these crimes.

MP Mascall participated in a question and answer session in Parliament on Sudan yesterday and asked the British Foreign Secretary about the role of external actors in the crisis who covet Sudan’s resources and strategic location and spoke about the UAE’s involvement in supporting the militia. She also discussed the role of foreign mercenaries in the war and asked about Britain’s role in confronting this. The Minister did not provide specific answers to her questions.

A number of members of the Sudanese community in Britain had written to the MP to protest her hosting of militia members. She provided these clarifications.

Mr. Abdullah Abu Garda, head of the Darfur Leagues Union, described what the militia’s propaganda broadcast about their meeting in the British Parliament as a provocative step for the victims of genocide and ethnic cleansing and a violation of the rules and regulations of Parliament.

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