Sudan’s military leader, General Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, has undertaken to continue military operations and dismissed rumors of a deal to end the ongoing war between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
Addressing army personnel at the Flamingo Naval Base in Port Sudan in the capital of the Red Sea State before flying to Egypt, Al-Burhan dismissed reports that he left Khartoum as part of a deal between the belligerents.
Al-Burhan dismissed talk of an agreement with the RSF, reiterating that they will continue fighting the “traitorous” elements.
“We will not agree with anybody that betrayed the Sudanese people,” the military ruler said. “We will continue fighting until we achieve victory or perish.”
Gen. Al-Burhan also dismissed claims that elements of the defunct regime are controlling the army, pointing out that this is one of the reasons that led to the outbreak of the war.
RSF had besieged the general military command in Khartoum where Al-Burhan and several army commanders were stationed since the outbreak of the fighting on 15 April.
Last week, Al-Burhan appeared unexpectedly in the northern military zone of Omdurman and inspected several military areas before leaving for Port Sudan on Saturday.
Political analyst, Hatem Ayoub Abu Al-Hassan, told Radio Tamazuj that all indicators show that Al-Burhan left Khartoum as part of an agreed-upon deal between the warring parties.
“The exit of Al-Burhan from the general military command in Khartoum was a shock to the public,” he said. “Based on statements from the mediators and the regional bodies, what has happened is an agreed-upon political deal between the two parties”.
AL-Hassan pointed out that Al-Burhan’s speech upon his arrival in Port Sudan and his emphasis on moving forward with military operations is an act of maneuvering and preserving pressure cards in the negotiation process.