Saudi Arabia denounces an assault by an “armed group” on the office of the Saudi cultural attaché in Sudan

3 May. (EUROPE PRESS) –

The Saudi Arabian authorities have denounced that the office of the Saudi cultural attaché in Sudan was assaulted on Tuesday by “an armed group” and has denounced that part of the material was stolen, in the midst of the fighting that broke out on April 15 between the Army Sudanese and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).

The Saudi Foreign Ministry has indicated in a statement published on its account on the social network Twitter that the assailants damaged “equipment and cameras” and stole “part of the properties” present in the offices, in addition to deactivating their servers.

Thus, he has stressed that Riyadh condemns “in the strongest terms” the incident in this building in the capital of Sudan, Khartoum, and has called on the parties to “respect the sanctity of diplomatic missions.” “Those responsible must be punished,” he said.

“The ministry renews the Kingdom’s call for an end to the military escalation between the parties to the conflict, an end to the violence and to guarantee the necessary protection of Sudanese diplomats, residents and civilians,” he stressed.

The head of the Sudanese Armed Forces and president of the Sovereign Transitional Council, Abdelfatá al Burhan, and the leader of the RSF, Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, alias ‘Hemedti’, gave their go-ahead on Sunday “in principle” to establish a truce between on May 4 and 11, South Sudan announced.

The Army and the RSF also agreed to appoint delegations to start talks with a view to an agreement to end the hostilities, which broke out in the context of an increase in tensions around the integration of the RSF within the Armed Forces. , a key part of an agreement signed in December to form a new civilian government and reactivate the transition.