Museveni urges ceasefire, dialogue as Sudan officials visit Uganda
Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni on Wednesday held talks with visiting delegates from Sudan’s TransitionalSovereignty Councilin Kampala and appealed to the warring factions in the country to find means of ending the ongoing war and restore peace.
The Sudan Armed Forces (Saf, ledby General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, andthe paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF, led by General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, have been fighting for the last 10 months, leading to more than 15,000 deaths and displacing about 10 million.
Speaking to a delegation from Gen Al-Burhan’s camp, led by the deputy chairperson of the Transitional Sovereignty Council Mr Malik Agarat state house Entebbe, President Museveni emphasised the need for all stakeholders in the war to come together and engage in a dialogue.
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Museveni, according to the statement released by the State House Press Unit, informed Agar that the warring factions will get a solution if they come together because “once the problem is identified, it becomes easier to isolate it and bring about peace in the country”.
“President Museveni reiterated his message to the fighting forces in Sudan, urging them to cease fire, hold peaceful electionsand grant power to the people to elect their own leaders,” readthe statement.
According to the state house statement, Gen al-Burhan is also willing to take part ina proposed frameworkto resolve the crisis in Sudan.
“Malik informed President Museveni thatAbdel Fattah al-Burhan is willing to participate in the peace process for Sudan as long as the conditions are favorable for the Sudanese people,” the statement read.
Gen al-Burhan camp’s visit to Uganda comes barely a month after Sudan snubbed attending the 42nd Extraordinary Summit of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (Igad that was held in Kampala on January 18.
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Sudan chose not to attend the summit citing Igad’s invitation of RSF leader Gen Daglo and the bloc not being commmited to implementingthe outcomes of the summit in Djibouti by meeting with the president of the Sovereign Council and the leader of the rebellion.
The meeting also comes about two months after Museveni met Gen Daglo in December last year where theydiscussed the ongoing war and how it can be ended.
During the December 13 meeting, Mr Museveni tasked Dagloto explain the genesis of the war, which he did.
Gen Dagalo said in a statement that, “I provided President Museveni with a detailed explanation about the reasons for the outbreak of the war, which was ignited by the remnants with the help of their leaders in the armed forces and the parties that obstruct the solution and support continuation of the war.”