Prime Minister Rules Out Cabinet Reshuffle, Denies Disputes with US
Khartoum, (Sudanese Echoes) – Prime Minister Dr. Kamil Idris has ruled out any move to reshuffle the Cabinet, denying reports of a broad ministerial reshuffle in the Hope Government and describing such reports as social media rumors. He stressed that he does not respond to such rumors.
Idris also denied the existence of any disagreements between Sudan and the United States.
In an interview with TRT, the Prime Minister said: “We have no problems, complications or tensions with America, and I say this with the utmost clarity and transparency. However, we cannot equate the Armed Forces with the so-called Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia. We object to the term ‘the two sides.’ This is unacceptable and rejected, and it does not lead to any logical results.”
Commenting on the U.S. administration’s refusal to grant President of the Transitional Sovereignty Council (TSC) Abdel-Fattah Al-Burhan a visa to attend the United Nations General Assembly meetings, Idris said: “We cannot be blackmailed, and the policies of blackmail being practiced internationally against Sudan are rejected. It is completely unacceptable for an entry visa to America to be the price Sudan must pay to sign any document whose contents, origin or details we do not know.”
He continued: “The Sudanese state has engaged with Massad Boulos several times, patiently and over many months. Sudan has committed no mistake; on the contrary, we have been patient, engaged and flexible throughout all these negotiations.”
Idris affirmed Sudan’s openness to any talks that lead to comprehensive and just peace that brings the war to an end. “But we do not want temporary bandages or vitamins from here and there. We want a complete and sustainable peace, and we welcome logical, fair and realistic initiatives that do not infringe upon the sovereign foundations of this nation,” he said.
Meanwhile, Idris renewed his Sudanese peace initiative, which he had previously submitted to the UN Security Council, saying: “We are now putting this initiative back on the table for talks and negotiations.”
At the same time, while noting that the military track is moving in the right direction, particularly as the Army, in his view, now has full control of the initiative, Idris stressed that they are “completely open to the negotiating track.” He said: “We presented a clear and explicit initiative to the international community. Therefore, the two tracks—the military and the negotiating—are moving in the same direction.”
He added: “We want peace, and the sooner peace comes, the more it will serve the interests of our state, which has great potential and a rich economy. We yearn for peace, but as long as military battles continue, the constitutional duty of the Armed Forces requires it to defend the nation. If the peace of knights and the peace of victors come, we will fully welcome it, because we are not advocates of war.”