Earlier, the commander of the Sudanese Armed Forces, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, requested that the UN special envoy be replaced.
The Sudanese government has declared UN envoy Volker Perthes as persona non grata. This was reported by Xinhua news agency, citing a statement by the Sudanese Foreign Ministry.
“The Government of the Republic of Sudan has officially informed the UN Secretary General that Volker Perthes, Special Representative of the UN Secretary General and Head of the UN Integrated Transitional Support Mission in Sudan, has been declared persona non grata for the time being,” it said of the Sudanese Foreign Ministry.
Perthe himself, who has been out of Sudan since the end of May, held several meetings in the Ethiopian capital on the day the decision was announced.
The agency recalls that the replacement of the UN special envoy at the end of last month was requested by the commander of the Armed Forces of Sudan, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan.
As you know, since April 15 in Khartoum, the capital of Sudan and other regions of the country, heavy fighting is happening between the army and the Rapid Reaction Forces. The conflict, which has killed at least 863 people and injured 3,531, arose over the country’s proposed transition to civilian rule.
The UN estimates that at least 1.6 million Sudanese may be internally displaced or refugees outside the country.
Source: korrespondent
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