On Wednesday, official spokesman for the Sudanese Transitional Sovereign Council (TSC), Mohammed Al-Faki Suleiman, left for Saudi Arabia on a one-day official visit, during which he is set to discuss the border crisis with Ethiopia.
He is accompanied by Minister of Religious Affairs and Endowment and the Director of General Intelligence Service.
Suleiman, during the one-day visit will brief the Saudi leadership on the situations in the eastern borders, especially, the Sudanese-Ethiopian borders and the relations with neighboring Ethiopia.
Earlier today, Sudan’s Minister of Defense Yassin Abdel-Hadi accused the Ethiopian army of fighting in the border area between the two countries.
Abdel-Hadi also blamed Ethiopian attacks for displacing the residents of 30 villages in Sudan’s southern Al-Fashaqa area.
He called on Ethiopia to stop launching attacks on civilians in Al-Fashaqa, adding that there is no border dispute with Ethiopia until negotiations take place. He said that Sudan’s borders with Ethiopia “are clear and stipulated in international agreements.”
Regarding the issue of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), he said, “Ethiopia is procrastinating in the issues of the Renaissance Dam and the border.”
A Sudanese patrol came under shelling from Ethiopian forces, on Sunday, near the border with Ethiopia. The Sudanese army’s artillery responded with force and silenced the attacking artillery. No injuries or fatalities were recorded, but Sudan reserves the right to respond at the appropriate time and place.
Since last November, the Sudanese army has redeployed in the areas of Al-Fashaqa Al-Soghra and Al-Kubra, after it reclaimed lands from Ethiopian farmers who had been cultivating it under the protection of Ethiopian militias since 1995.
The Sudanese army regained control of the Khor Shad and Qala Al-Ban areas surrounding Mount Abu Tayyur, which are located within Sudanese territory 7km from Mount Abu Tayyour.
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