The Ministry of Foreign Affairs
expresses its thanks and appreciation to all the brothers and friends of Sudan
who expressed their solidarity, support and concern towards Sudan as it takes
its first steps for a peaceful transition of power and democratic
transformation that realize the hopes and aspirations of the Sudanese people
and their rising forces.
The step taken by the Sudanese Armed Forces,
supported by the rest of the regular forces at the dawn of Thursday, April 11,
was a lining up with the revolution of the Sudanese people for reaching
freedom, justice and peace. The step came after explicit calls of the masses of
people on the Armed Forces to intervene to end the political stalemate and the
security and social crisis, which were experienced by the country during the
last period and threatened with decline of the country into an abyss of
fighting and instability.
The
Transitional Military Council has affirmed the full commitment to establish a
just civil government and to hand over power to a civilian government formed by
the people within a maximum period of two years, indicating that the role of
the Transitional Military Council during this period would be limited to
emphasizing the rule of law and the independence of the judiciary, keeping
security and maintaining peace, promoting a spirit of equality and tolerance ,
providing appropriate political climate for all components of society to build
and form political parties and civil society organizations that will lead to the
peaceful transfer of power, as well as fostering dialogue among all the civil
society spectrum.
The Transitional Military Council will
represent the sovereignty of the state, besides formation of a civilian
government that will be agreed upon by all, and the Chairman of the
Transitional Military Council has stressed the firm commitment to enhance and
promote human rights in accordance with international conventions and
agreements ratified by the Sudan.
The Ministry, accordingly, reiterates Sudan’s
commitment to all the local, regional and international treaties, charters and
agreements, and to maintain good neighborly relations and balanced
international relations taking into account Sudan’s supreme interests and the
non-interference in the internal affairs of other countries.
The ministry refers also to the renewing of the
declaration of a comprehensive cease-fire throughout the country and the call
on all the gun holders to sit down and engage in dialogue to reach peace and
peaceful coexistence based on new principles and standards.
In light of that, the Foreign Ministry looks
forward to the understanding and support of the international community for the
sincere efforts of the Transitional Military Council and the Sudanese political
and civil forces to achieve the wishes of the Sudanese people for a complete
democratic transformation, building the state of institutions and achieving
balanced and just development.
The Foreign Ministry expresses its thanks and
appreciation to the brothers and friends who have extended help to Sudan in
response to the current economic crisis,
and looks forward to effective economic
cooperation from the international community that will allow Sudan to utilize
its natural and economic resources and to be a pillar of food security
regionally and internationally, and to contribute to the economic and social
development in the African continent, and this also requires the implementation
of the international commitment towards Sudan as a country emerging from
conflict by exempting its debts and removing the obstacles that prevent it from
receiving aid and funding from international institutions.
Khartoum, April 14th 2019