Sisi, Other Presidents to Attend Signing of Sudan Agreement

Sudan is preparing for the most important event in its modern history as the coming Saturday will witness the signing of an agreement between the forces of the Declaration of Freedom and Change and the Transitional Military Council, over the political and the constitutional declaration documents.

Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi and seven heads of states are set to attend the signing ceremony.

The presidents who will attend the ceremony include Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni, Chadian President Idriss Deby and African Union Commission President Moussa Faqih.

The signing ceremony will also be attended by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, as well as a representative of the US State Department, foreign ministers of the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council and other Gulf leaders, who have not been announced yet.

A spokesman for Sudan Transitional Military Council Shamsuddin Al-Kabbashi had earlier announced that the signing ceremony would be broadcast in popular squares and neighborhoods, while the forces of the Declaration of Freedom and Change will hold popular celebrations across the country.

Meanwhile, in a speech broadcast on state television to commemorate the 65th anniversary of the founding of the Sudanese Army, Al Burhan, said that the army has heroically maintained the country’s security and independence and was able to protect the democratic transformation and the goals of the glorious December Revolution.

It is noteworthy that Sudan’s ruling Transitional Military Council (TMC) chose today five of its members to represent it in the sovereign council, which has recently been announced after reaching an agreement between military rulers and the main opposition coalition.

The TMC also decided that General Abdul Fattah al-Burhan would assume the presidency of the sovereign council that will chair the first transitional period

Meanwhile, the five members included Lt. Gen. Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, Gen. Salah Abdelkhalig, Lt. Gen. Shamsuddin Al-Kabbashi and Lt. Gen. Yasser Al-Atta.

On August 4, The TMC and the forces of the Declaration of Freedom and Change agreed on a constitutional declaration to govern the transitional period following months of political instability.

The declaration stipulated that the presidency of the Transitional Sovereign Council shall be assumed by the military for the first period of 21 months. It shall be composed of five representatives of the military and five representatives of the civil community, in addition to one other member who will be appointed by a collective vote.