Sisi Extends Condolences to Burhan over Death of Sudanese Martyrs

President Abdel Fattah El Sisi offered Monday his condolences to Chairman of the Sudanese Sovereignty Council Lieutenant-General Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, on the death of "martyrs" and "soldiers."

"Sisi expressed his sincere condolences and sincere sympathy to his brother, Lieutenant-General Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, Chairman of the Sudanese Sovereignty Council, and to the government and brotherly people of the Republic of Sudan, on the death of the martyrs (soldiers Sudanese soldiers)," said Presidency Spokesperson Bassam Rady.

Rady added that the President expresses his sincere condolences to the Sudanese families.

Earlier, the Sudanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced Monday that it is calling back its ambassador to Ethiopia over the latter's "public execution" of seven Sudanese soldiers and a civilian that it had kidnapped on June 22, 2022.

The ministry added that it would also call a meeting with the Ethiopian ambassador in Khartoum to protest the "outrageous crime that violates all the principles of international humanitarian law," the press statement manifested.