Egypt, UK hold talks on developments in Sudan, Horn of Africa

CAIRO – 24 November 2021: Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs for African Affairs Hamdy Loza received in Cairo Wednesday UK Special Envoy for Sudan and South Sudan Robert Fairweather, and UK Special Envoy for the Red Sea and Horn of Africa Philip Parham to discuss developments in Sudan in light of signing the transitional political agreement on November 21st, and to confer over the status quo of South Sudan and other countries in the region.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement Sunday welcoming the signing of the political agreement – consisting of 14 articles - between Chairman of the Sudanese Sovereign Council Abdel Fatah al-Burhan, and Interim Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok.

Head of the Sudanese Sovereign Council, Lt. Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan had announced in October the state of emergency all over the country, the dissolution of the Sudanese Sovereignty Council and the government, and the suspension of some articles of the Constitutional Document for the transitional period in Sudan.

Burhan said that a number of the political forces incited chaos and violence, and started to fight each other, which threatens Sudan’s security. He pledged commitment to the 2020 Juba Peace Agreement, and to the transition process until handing over the authority to a newly elected government by July 2023.