The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) on Tuesday summoned the Libyan military attaché in Khartoum in protest against the Tobruk government’s supporting and arming of rebels from the Sudan Liberation Movement/ Minni Minnawi (SLM-MM).
Sudan News Agency (SUNA) reported a spokesman for the Sudanese Armed Forces, Colonel Al-Sawarmi Khaled Sa’ad, as saying that the participation of SLM-MM fighters in the Libyan conflict alongside the forces of the retired General Khalifa Haftar poses a real threat to Sudan’s national security. particularly in Darfur.
“The participation of the SLM-MM in the Libyan conflict encourages rebel groups to destabilise security of citizens through forced recruitment and looting,” he stressed. “It is known that SLM-MM is considered an armed rebel group that carries out hostile actions inside Sudan’s territory,” the Colonel added.
On 2 August Sudan announced that Libya has withdrawn from the joint forces formed over a year ago by the two countries to monitor their common borders and curb human trafficking and terrorism.