Minutes after the release of a UN statement regarding UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres' telephone conversation with Sudanese Army Chief of Staff General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, the latter ordered the release of four Sudanese foreign ministers. on October 25th.
According to the United Nations, Guterres urged the Sudanese army chief to restore the transitional political government. On October 25, General al-Burhan, now alone at the helm of a poor African country, ousted a transitional government supposedly leading the transition to democracy and ordered the arrest of ministers and top civil servants.
The head of the ousted transitional government, Abdallah Hamdok, has been placed under house arrest. The four ministers ordered to be released are Hamza Baloul, Minister of Information and Culture, Hashim Hassan al-Rasoul, Minister of Telecommunications, Ali Jedo, Minister of Commerce, and Youssef Adam, Minister of Youth and Sports, according to state television. .
Guterres stressed that he supports “all efforts aimed at resolving the political crisis in Sudan and the urgent restoration of constitutional order and the transition process in Sudan,” the statement said. He called on the military to release all detained political leaders, including Hamdock.
Guterres' appeal comes after the United States, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and the United Kingdom yesterday called for an “immediate restoration” of the political government that ousted the military.
The United States is demanding the restoration of political government in Sudan
The head of US diplomacy, Anthony Blinken, spoke on Thursday with the head of the Sudanese armed forces, General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, and asked him to “restore” to power “the government led by some people after a few days”. last month 's military coup, according to a press release issued by his services.
“Foreign Minister (Blinken) urged General Burhan to immediately release all political figures detained since October 25 and return to dialogue to restore (former) Prime Minister (Sudan) Abdullah Hamdouk.” , according to a press release issued by the State Department spokesman, Ned Price.
