President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda reiterated his message to the warring parties in Sudan to cease fire, hold peaceful elections, and grant power to the people of Sudan to elect their leaders.
He made the call on Wednesday while meeting Malik Agar, the Deputy Chairman of the Transitional Sovereignty Council of the Republic of Sudan, who led a delegation to meet and deliver a special message from Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, the Chairman of the Transitional Sovereignty Council of the Republic of Sudan, to President Museveni at State House, Entebbe.
The Ugandan leader also emphasized the need for all stakeholders in the war to come together, and engage in dialogue on the problem, and argued that once the problem is identified, it becomes easier to isolate it and bring about peace in the country.
According to Uganda’s State House Press Unit, Museveni informed Agar that the two warring factions will get a solution if they come together because “once the problem is identified, it becomes easier to isolate it and bring about peace in the country.”
President Museveni reiterated his message to the fighting forces in Sudan, urging them to cease fire, hold peaceful elections, and grant power to the people of Sudan to elect their leaders,” the statement read in part.
The two leaders agreed on a proposed framework within which to resolve the crisis in the Republic of Sudan.
“Malik Agar informed President Museveni that Gen. Al-Burhan is willing to participate in the peace process as long as the conditions are favorable for the people of Sudan,” the statement added.
Gen. Al-Burhan’s camp’s visit to Uganda came barely a month after Sudan snubbed attending the 42nd Extraordinary Summit of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) that was held in Kampala on 18 January.
Sudan chose to snub the summit because it accused the conveners of, among other things, including the ongoing war on the agenda, without consulting them and also inviting Gen. Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) to the summit.