Pak Sahafat – The Deputy Spokesman of the US Ministry of Foreign Affairs claimed that despite sending more US troops to Africa following the crisis in Sudan, there is no military solution to the Sudan crisis.
According to Pak Sahafat News Agency, Deputy Spokesman of the US Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Vedant Patel, told reporters on Thursday local time that the US strongly condemns the violence in Sudan, and added that we are looking to ensure the security of American diplomats in Khartoum, the capital of Sudan.
“We are also looking to work with regional partners to establish an immediate ceasefire in the country,” Patel claimed. There is no military solution to this Sudanese political crisis.
This official of the US State Department continued, the current conflicts endanger the process of Sudan’s political transition to a democratic current.
John Kirby, strategic communications coordinator of the US National Security Council, told reporters in Washington on Thursday local time that, US President Joe Biden has ordered the country’s military to send more forces to Africa for the possible evacuation of the Washington embassy in Sudan, but the US’s current focus is not on the evacuation of diplomats, but on stopping the violence in Sudan.
This White House official added regarding the US plan to withdraw its diplomats from Sudan: The Pentagon has announced that it is preparing and deploying some military forces and capabilities near Sudan only for emergency purposes and any possible evacuation of diplomats from this country.
The National Security Council spokesman added: There is no indication that Americans have been specifically targeted in Sudan. But without a doubt, the situation is dangerous.
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Two American officials announced on Thursday local time that the Pentagon is moving military forces to neighboring Sudan’s Djibouti country to prepare for the evacuation of American embassy staff from Sudan.
However, senior American officials admitted that the withdrawal of diplomats and the evacuation of 19,000 American citizens from Sudan will not be easy.
Pentagon Deputy Spokesman Phil Ventura also said in a statement: The Department of Defense, in cooperation with the US Africa Command Center, is monitoring the situation in Sudan and making prudent plans for various possible situations.
He said: As part of these plans, we are increasing our capabilities near Sudan for emergency purposes related to providing security and facilitating the departure of American embassy employees from Sudan if necessary.
Meanwhile, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told reporters in New York after participating in a virtual meeting with the presence of the African Union, the Intergovernmental Organization for Development, the European Union and other countries involved in efforts to end the conflict in Sudan: I want a ceasefire of at least three days on the occasion of Eid al-Fitr so that the civilians trapped in the conflict areas can escape and receive medical care and get food and other essential supplies. This should be the first step to end the war and pave the way for a permanent ceasefire.
Armed conflicts in Sudan started on the morning of Saturday, April 15, between the army forces and the rapid support forces in power, and international mediations to end it and bring the conflicting parties to the negotiating table have not been fruitful so far.
US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken announced: An American diplomatic convoy was attacked. All our employees are safe and unharmed. But this action, i.e. shooting at a diplomatic convoy with political license plates and the American flag, was reckless, irresponsible and, of course, unsafe.