Opinion
Burhan Breaks the Axis: Sudan's Comeback and the Defeat of the UAE-Ethiopia-Israel Project
Sudan's Sovereignty Council Chairman and Armed Forces Commander Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan has pushed back against a US proposal to expand the arms embargo on Darfur to cover all of Sudan, saying that sanctions and external pressure will not change Khartoum's position.
According to Sudan's official news agency SUNA, Burhan made the remarks in response to the arms embargo proposal the US brought before the UN Security Council (UNSC).
Stressing that sanctions and external pressure would not alter Sudan's stance, Burhan said such measures would neither affect nor weaken the army's resolve.
Burhan also dismissed claims that a no-fly zone could be established over Sudan as "propaganda," urging citizens to disregard them.
Criticizing circles abroad that support imposing sanctions on Sudan, Burhan argued that the Sudanese people "will not bow" and that those seeking to pressure the country through sanctions would not return to power.
On Monday, the US proposed at the UNSC that the arms embargo in place on Darfur for more than 20 years be extended to cover the whole of Sudan.
UNSC members Russia and China opposed the proposal, while the Sudanese government also rejected the US initiative.
Fighting between the army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), ongoing in Sudan since April 2023, has killed thousands of people and displaced around 13 million.
The conflict has deepened the humanitarian crisis across much of the country and led to the spread of famine.
