Sudanese Foreign Ministry summons the Ethiopian Chargé d'Affairs to protest armed attacks backed by Ethiopian forces on Sudanese soil

Khartoum-Sana

The Sudanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned the Chargé d'Affaires of Ethiopia to protest the incursion of Ethiopian militias supported by the Ethiopian army and launched attacks that killed and wounded a number of officers and members of the armed forces and Sudanese citizens, including children.

The Sudanese News Agency stated that the Ministry of the Neighboring Countries in the Ministry conveyed to the Ethiopian Chargé d'Affaires the condemnation and rejection of the Sudanese government for this sinful attack that comes at a time when preparations were taking place in Khartoum to hold the second meeting of the high-level joint committee headed by the Sudanese Minister of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers and from the side The Ethiopian Deputy Prime Minister and demanded that measures be taken to end such attacks.

The administration warned that the sustainability and development of cooperation between the two countries must be based on mutual respect for the sovereignty, independence and borders of each of them and the right of their peoples to live in safety and peace and to use their natural and economic resources without incursion or aggression from any party to the other.

The Sudanese Armed Forces announced the killing of an officer and the injury of a number of Sudanese soldiers and civilians last Thursday following attacks by armed groups backed by Ethiopian forces on some agricultural projects in Barka Norit area and the village of Al-Forsan.