Erdogan tells Sudan ruler that Turkey can resolve UAE dispute
Turkey can resolve disputes between Sudan and the United Arab Emirates, president Erdogan told the head of Sudan’s sovereign council Abdel Fattah al-Burhan in a phone call on December 13th, the Turkish presidency said according to Reuters.
Sudan’s army accused the UAE of providing weapons and support to the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia in Sudan’s war. The UAE denies this, but UN sanctions monitors have described accusations that the UAE had given military aid to the RSF as credible.
Turkey’s presidency said in a statement that Erdogan discussed relations between his country and Sudan, as well as regional and global matters with Burhan in the phone call.
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It said he suggested that Turkey step in to resolve disputes between Sudan and UAE, just as it had mediated a dispute between Somalia and Ethiopia in recent days, without elaborating.
He also emphasised to Burhan Turkey’s commitment to maintaining Sudan’s territorial integrity and sovereignty, and preventing the country from becoming an arena of foreign intervention, the presidency said.
Buran said in a separate statement by Sudan’s governing sovereign council that he welcomed any role Turkey could play in ending the war and called for greater Turkish investment in Sudan.
“He expressed his confidence in the position of the Turkish president and government in support of the Sudanese people and their choices,” the statement said.
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