Blinken issues warning after US diplomatic convoy fired on in Sudan

Blinken issues warning after US diplomatic convoy fired on in Sudan

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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says any hazard posed to American diplomats is unacceptable.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken describes the incident as
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken describes the incident as “reckless” and “irresponsible.”
(Reuters)

A US diplomatic convoy
got here below fireplace in Sudan in an obvious assault by fighters related to Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), US Secretary of State Antony Blinken stated, in an incident he described as “reckless” and “irresponsible”.

The incident prompted a direct warning from Blinken, who
individually telephoned RSF chief General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo,
generally known as Hemetti, and Sudan’s military chief General Abdel Fattah
al Burhan, to inform them that any hazard posed to American
diplomats was unacceptable.

“We have deep considerations in regards to the total safety
atmosphere,” Blinken stated at a press convention in Japan the place
he attended a gathering of Group of Seven overseas ministers.

Fighting in Sudan has killed a minimum of 185 individuals and injured
greater than 1,800 others as each side claimed positive factors in a battle
that has seen using air strikes and artillery.

Clashes have continued regardless of quite a few calls from the United States and different nations for a halt to preventing in addition to efforts by Egypt and the United Arab Emirates to get the rivals to conform to a ceasefire.

READ MORE: Türkiye, UN, US urge ceasefire, de-escalation as preventing erupts in Sudan

Source: Reuters

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