Al-Burhan thanks El-Sisi as Egypt lays out ‘red lines’ on Sudan

CAIRO – 19 December 2025: Chairman of Sudan's Transitional Sovereign Council sent a brief message of gratitude to Egypt and the Egyptian president on Friday a day after he conducted a visit to Cairo.

“Thank you, Egypt. Thank you, His Excellency President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi,” General Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan wrote on X.

Commenting on Al-Burhan’s visit, the Egyptian Presidency on Thursday identified “red lines that cannot be crossed or compromised as they directly affect Egypt’s national security, which is directly linked to Sudan’s national security.”

The Presidency said that “preserving Sudan’s unity and territorial integrity, and not undermining with its resources and those of the Sudanese people, is among the most important of these red lines.”

This includes “rejecting the secession of any part of Sudan’s territory,” the Presidency emphasized.

Egypt reiterated its “categorical rejection of the creation of, or recognition of, any parallel entities,” stressing that such moves “would undermine Sudan’s unity and territorial integrity.”

“Preserving Sudanese state institutions and preventing any harm to them,” the Presidency affirmed, “constitute another red line for Egypt.”

 

Egypt said it reserves “its full right to take all necessary measures guaranteed by international law and the joint defence agreement between the two countries to ensure these red lines are neither infringed nor crossed.”

The war in Sudan, ongoing since 2023, has killed scores of civilians and plunged the African country into what the UN described as one of the world's worst humanitarian crises.

Egypt has engaged in international efforts aiming to resolve the crisis, including a Quad mechanism with the United States, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.

The Quad countries are working to secure a three-month humanitarian truce, followed by a permanent ceasefire and a nine-month transition to a civilian-led government.