Tunisia welcomed, Friday, the results of the Summit of Sudan's neighbours held on Thursday in Cairo, Egypt.
In a press release issued by the Department of Foreign Affairs, Migration and Tunisians Abroad, Tunisia expressed the hope that this initiative would help to boost regional and international efforts to extinguish the fuse of war and reach a "peaceful and comprehensive solution" to the crisis that has been raging in Sudan since last April.
Tunisia also reiterated its call for an end to the conflict in order to preserve the security, stability and territorial integrity of Sudan, and thereby safeguard its sovereignty as well as the resources and potential of its brotherly people.
Yesterday, Thursday, Egypt hosted the Summit of Sudan's Neighbours. The Summit provided an opportunity to reaffirm two principles governing international relations: respect for Sudan's sovereignty and territorial integrity, and non-interference in Sudan's internal affairs.
The Summit also emphasised the need to treat the conflict in Sudan as a "purely internal matter" for the Sudanese alone.
The summit also agreed to set up a mechanism at foreign ministers' level to hold its first meeting in Chad.
Participants included Egyptian President Abdelfattah Sissi, Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki, Central African President Faustin Touadéra, President of the Transitional Council in Chad Mohamed Idriss Deby, South Sudanese President Salva Kiir Mayardit, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, the President of the Libyan Presidential Council, the Secretary General of the League of Arab States and the President of the African Union Commission.
Since April 2023, Sudan has been in the grip of deadly fighting between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
The fighting initially broke out in the Sudanese capital Khartoum before spreading to other regions of the country.
According to UN figures, more than one thousand civilians have been killed and three million displaced, including 700,000 to neighbouring countries.
Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse