Khartoum, December 7 (SUNA) – The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has issued press release on the statements of the Secretary of State of the United States of America. Hereunder is an official translation of the press release: 

Republic of Sudan
Office of the Official Spokesperson and Media Department
Press Release
After studying the statement issued by the Secretary of State of the United States of America yesterday regarding the crisis in Sudan, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs would like to point out the following:
First: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs welcomes the US government’s findings that the rebel militia has committed crimes against humanity, ethnic cleansing, crimes of sexual violence, attacking and kidnapping women and girls, and targeting displaced people and those fleeing the fighting, in a manner similar to genocide.
Second: The Ministry expresses its surprise and rejection of the accusation, contained in the statement, of the armed forces of committing war crimes. It is an accusation that has no basis in fact.
Third: The Ministry also rejects the generalized allegations that equate the armed forces with the rebel militia in responsibility for unleashing horrific violence, death and destruction, detaining civilians, and killing some of them in detention sites, because these practices are what the rebel militia carries out exclusively, and accusing the armed forces of them is not based on any evidence. .
Fourth: The statement completely ignored the reference to the duty and right of the armed forces, the legitimate national army, to defend the country and the people and protect the headquarters of its commanderships, in the face of a barbaric aggression by the militia, made up of mercenaries, targeting all elements of life, sovereignty and civil life in the country. 
The Ministry brings to the mind the American government's justification for the barbaric aggression that continues to date against a defenseless people in the name of the right to self-defense.
Fifth: The statement did not include any mention of other serious crimes committed by the militia, such as its occupation of hundreds of thousands of citizens’ homes in the capital, displacing at least 5 million of its residents, and converting hospitals, universities, places of worship, and other civilian objects into military barracks, in violation of what it committed to in the the Jeddah Declaration of Humanitarian Principles, signed on May 11. And practices that resemble slavery against kidnapped girls.
Sixth: The statement also ignored mentioning the countries that continue to supply the rebel militia with weapons and mercenaries, and have close relations with the United States, which makes these countries partners and responsible for the crimes against humanity and ethnic cleansing committed by the rebel militia, despite the overwhelming and documented testimonies about the role of these countries and the demands of Congress and a number of organizations and experts to the United States government to take a clear position on these countries.

In conclusion, the Government of Sudan renews its readiness to engage positively with the United States Government to clarify the facts of what is happening in the country and the means to end the crisis.
Thursday, December 7, 2023
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