Dubai, United Arab Emirates (CNN) – Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi chaired, on Monday, the meeting of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, according to what the official spokesman for the Presidency of the Republic, Counselor Ahmed Fahmy, announced on his Facebook page, without giving further details.
This came, while the Egyptian Foreign Minister, Sameh Shoukry, made phone calls with his Saudi counterpart, Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah, and his counterparts in southern Sudan and Djibouti, and he also received a fourth call from the French Foreign Minister about the situation in Sudan.
Sameh Shoukry made a telephone conversation with the Saudi Foreign Minister, Prince Faisal bin Farhan, about the developments in the crisis in Sudan. Ambassador Ahmed Abu Zeid, the official spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, revealed on his Facebook page that “the call came to consult and exchange assessments regarding the developments of the crisis, as the two sides agreed on the need to make all efforts to preserve the stability and safety of the brotherly state of Sudan and its people.”
According to the statement, “Minister Shoukry stressed during the call that the Egyptian messages to the two Sudanese parties stress the importance of prioritizing wisdom and listening to the voice of reason in a way that leads to an immediate ceasefire, which contributes to stopping the bloodshed of the Sudanese people and preserving their capabilities.” He added, “The two ministers agreed to continue consultation and coordination during the coming days to follow up on developments in the crisis and efforts to contain it.”
Meanwhile, Ambassador Ahmed Abu Zeid, the official spokesman for the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said in a statement posted on his Facebook page, on Monday, that “Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry made two phone calls with Mahmoud Ali Youssef, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Djibouti, and Deng Dao, Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs of South Sudan.” Sudan on the developments of the current crisis in Sudan.
Ambassador Ahmed Abu Zeid added, “These two contacts came within the framework of the two countries’ membership in the presidential delegation to be dispatched to Sudan by the (IGAD) organization for mediation, in addition to the announcement by the Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi and the South Sudanese, Salva Kiir, about the readiness of the two countries to mediate between the Sudanese parties.” .
Shoukry stressed “the importance of dealing with the current conflict as an internal matter while avoiding interference in it in a way that exacerbates the intensity of the conflict, and the need to integrate all efforts to preserve the stability and safety of Sudan and its people, and the need to focus on reaching an immediate ceasefire between the conflicting parties,” according to the statement.
The Egyptian Foreign Minister also received a phone call from Catherine Colonna, the French Foreign Minister, to consult and exchange assessments on the current developments in Sudan.
According to a statement published by a spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, “the importance of any external party refraining from interfering in this conflict in a way that exacerbates its severity was emphasized, and in a way that contributes to Sudan’s restoration of security and stability as soon as possible,” as Egypt’s foreign minister briefed his French counterpart. on Egypt’s efforts to stop the ongoing conflict, including the conclusions and recommendations of the recent Arab League Council meeting.
