DUBAI: The United Arab Emirates reacted with outrage on Monday after the house of its ambassador in war-torn Sudan was attacked and badly broken.
The oil-rich Gulf state, which has repeatedly denied accusations of involvement within the battle, blamed the Sudanese armed forces for the “heinous” assault.
Sudan’s military denied finishing up the assault, insisting it doesn’t goal diplomatic missions.
The military accuses the UAE of backing the paramilitary Fast Assist Forces (RSF), which it has been combating since April 2023 in a battle that has killed tens of 1000’s of individuals and ignited a dire humanitarian disaster.
“The United Arab Emirates has strongly condemned the heinous assault that focused the residence of the UAE head of mission in Khartoum by a Sudanese military plane, which resulted in in depth injury to the constructing,” the official WAM information company stated.
“The UAE has known as on the military to imagine full duty for this cowardly act,” it added, describing it as a “flagrant violation of the basic precept of the inviolability of diplomatic premises”.
The Sudanese military responded that it “condemns and denies the accusation” by the UAE, including that “it doesn’t goal the headquarters of diplomatic missions, United Nations businesses or voluntary organisations and doesn’t flip them into navy bases and loot their belongings”.
“The one which carries out these heinous and cowardly actions is the terrorist, insurgent militia (RSF)… supported in committing all this by international locations identified to the world,” a press release stated.
In response to eyewitnesses in Khartoum, heavy clashes have raged in a number of elements of the capital for the previous 4 days, in a significant flare-up of hostilities.
In June, Sudan’s ambassador to the United Nations Al-Harith Idriss al-Harith Mohamed accused Abu Dhabi of giving monetary and navy assist to the RSF, calling it the “principal motive behind this protracted battle”.
The UAE has denied allegations of supporting the RSF as “disinformation”, saying its efforts are targeted solely on de-escalation and assuaging Sudan’s humanitarian struggling.
Plumes of smoke rise throughout clashes between the paramilitary Fast Assist Forces and the military in Khartoum, Sudan, September 26, 2024. (Reuters)
