Erdogan offers to mediate between UAE, Sudan

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has offered to mediate between Sudan and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to resolve the dispute between the two parties, given the military support that the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) receives from Abu Dhabi.

During a call with Chair of Sudan’s Transitional Sovereignty Council Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, Erdogan indicated on Friday that Ankara could mediate to resolve the dispute between Sudan and the UAE.

A statement issued by the Turkish presidential communications office confirmed that Erdogan discussed regional and global issues with Al-Burhan and stressed that Turkiye’s: “Core principles include establishing peace and stability in Sudan, preserving its territorial integrity and sovereignty, and preventing the country from becoming a zone of external interventions.”

Sudan’s representative to the United Nations (UN), Al-Harith Idriss Al-Harith, has previously accused the UAE of igniting war in his country by supporting the RSF. The UAE denied this, asserting it “unequivocally rejects the baseless allegations,” noting the accusations are: “Spurious, unfounded and lack any credible evidence to support them.”

On more than one occasion, the Sudanese army has published pictures and recordings showing large quantities of weapons it seized from the RSF on the battlefronts, claiming they were Emirati.

Since mid-April 2023, the Sudanese army, led by Al-Burhan, and the RSF, led by Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, known as “Hemedti”, have been waging a war that has left more than 20,000 deceased and more than 14 million displaced, according to estimates by the UN and local authorities.

There are growing international calls to end the war to spare Sudan. The humanitarian catastrophe has pushed millions to famine and death due to food shortages resulting from the fighting that has spread to 13 out of 18 states.

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