The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Sudan has strongly condemned the attack on the Pakistani embassy in Khartoum by the rebel Rapid Support Forces (RSF).

The Sudanese ambassador to Nigeria, Mohamed Abdelmannan, claimed “the Algerian embassy was also attacked.” 

In a statement, the ministry described the attack as a flagrant violation of the armistice, international norms, and laws.

“The Ministry of Foreign Affairs expresses its strong condemnation and denunciation of the brutal attack carried out by the rebel Rapid Support militia on the headquarters of the Pakistani embassy in Khartoum,” it said. “In a flagrant violation of the armistice, international norms, and laws concerned with the sanctity, and protection of the headquarters, and property of diplomatic missions, and international organisations.”

The Sudanese government noted that “where the rebel Rapid Support militia forces stormed the mission’s headquarters by force of arms, tampering with documents, sabotaging furniture and stealing belongings, money, electrical electronic devices, and a car belonging to the mission.”

The Sudanese government reiterated its condemnation of “this terrorist and criminal behaviour” of the rebel militia forces and called on the international community to condemn it “in the strongest terms.”

It added, “To consider it a terrorist organisation, to hold it legally and morally responsible before the mechanisms of national and international justice. The ministry renews its keenness to coordinate with the concerned agencies, to provide the necessary protection for diplomats, the headquarters and properties of diplomatic missions, international and regional organisations residing in Sudan.”

(NAN)