The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has called for the immediate cessation of military escalation in Sudan, requesting the two parties to return to the negotiation table and reach a permanent ceasefire in order to continue peace efforts aimed at resolving the ongoing Sudanese crisis since mid-April.
In a communique after the open-ended emergency meeting of the executive committee on the situation in Sudan today, the OIC affirmed the importance of maintaining Sudan’s security and stability and respecting its unity, sovereignty and territorial integrity, thereby guarding it from external interference. It expressed its deep regret at the eruption of armed clashes in the Republic of Sudan.
It also called for commitment to the humanitarian truce agreed upon to ensure delivery of humanitarian aid and support for the injured and the stranded, evacuation of citizens and diplomatic missions and creating safe humanitarian corridors for that purpose. It called for the immediate cessation of military escalation and for the prioritization of the national interest to preserve the capabilities and gains of the Sudanese people, in view of the huge losses of lives and the destruction of installations and infrastructure.
It requested all Sudanese parties to allow dialogue to prevail, to embrace self-restraint and wisdom, and to return to the negotiation table, as soon as possible, in order to continue peace efforts aimed at resolving the Sudanese crisis to preserve the unity of Sudan and states institutions and to meet the aspirations of the Sudanese people for political and economic stability.
The final communique hailed the efforts of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, in its capacity as chair of the Islamic Summit, and its good offices and engagements with Sudanese and regional parties to reach immediate and lasting ceasefire and return to the path of peace to preserve Sudan’s unity. It commended the significant efforts made by Saudi Arabia in the evacuation of international citizens and diplomatic missions from the Republic of Sudan and providing for all their needs, and commended the role of other states that made efforts in this regard, specifically the endeavors of Turkiye at the highest level to induce the respective parties in the Republic of the Sudan to exercise restraint, declare an immediate ceasefire and return to dialogue.
The communique stressed that continued violence in Sudan will cast shadows on and have negative implications for security and regional peace which is part and parcel of international security and peace. It stressed the need to bear in mind that the conflict in Sudan is purely an internal matter, and to warn against any external interference in Sudan, whatever its nature or source, and the imperative of preserving Sudan’s state institutions.
Source: Qatar News Agency
