The Sudanese army denied on Monday that its soldiers bombed the United Arab Emirates ambassador’s residence in Khartoum, instead accusing the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
The UAE said earlier on Monday that the residence of its ambassador in Khartoum had been attacked by a Sudanese military aircraft, condemning it as a “heinous attack.”
Sudan’s foreign ministry denounced what it called “false allegations” by the UAE. These “shameful and cowardly acts” are being carried out by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), the Sudanese army said in a statement.
The army has repeatedly accused the UAE of providing weapons and support to the RSF in Sudan’s 17-month-old war. The Gulf state denies the allegations. UN sanctions monitors have described as credible accusations that the UAE had provided military support to the RSF.
The UAE, which has repeatedly denied accusations of involvement in the war, did report casualties in the attack.
“The United Arab Emirates has strongly condemned the heinous attack that targeted the residence of the UAE head of mission in Khartoum by a Sudanese army aircraft, which resulted in extensive damage to the building,” the official WAM news agency said.
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“The UAE has called on the army to assume full responsibility for this cowardly act,” it added, describing it as a “flagrant violation of the fundamental principle of the inviolability of diplomatic premises”.
“The one that carries out these heinous and cowardly actions is the terrorist, rebel militia (RSF)… supported in committing all this by countries known to the world,” a statement from Sudan’s government said.
According to eyewitnesses in Khartoum, heavy clashes have raged in several parts of the capital for the past four days, in a major flare-up of hostilities.
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