The United Nations Security Council will hold an informal meeting on Wednesday on the latest developments in Sudan, where protests against the military regime continue, diplomatic sources told AFP on Friday.
The meeting will be held in camera. According to the same sources, it was requested by six of the 15 SA member countries: the USA, the United Kingdom, France, Norway, Ireland and Albania.
The possibility of a common position of the SA on Sudan seems unlikely, “China and Russia are opposed” to it, said a diplomat who asked not to be named. In the past, Moscow and Beijing have argued that the crisis in Sudan concerns the country’s internal affairs, does not pose a threat to international security.
At the meeting, UN envoy to Sudan Volker Pertes will brief SA member states on the situation in the country following the resignation on Sunday of Prime Minister Abdullah Hamdok, according to diplomatic sources. The latter was the face of the transition process after the 2019 ousting of General Omar al-Bashir by the army, under pressure from the popular uprising; concerns about the consolidation of the military dictatorship are growing.
On Tuesday, the United States, the European Union, the United Kingdom and Norway called on the generals not to unilaterally name a new head of government.
On Thursday, three protesters were shot dead in and around the capital Khartoum, where, as in the rest of the country, thousands of Sudanese gathered once again to protest against the military regime and demand a purely political government, according to medical sources. witnesses.
Following the military coup led by General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan on October 25, 2021, 60 people were killed and hundreds injured in a mass crackdown on the armed forces, according to the Central Committee of the movement that demands democracy.
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