{"id":20062250,"date":"2023-12-11T18:18:18","date_gmt":"2023-12-11T17:18:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/?p=20062250"},"modified":"2023-12-12T10:04:04","modified_gmt":"2023-12-12T09:04:04","slug":"sudan-declares-15-emirati-diplomats-persona-non-grata","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/sudan-declares-15-emirati-diplomats-persona-non-grata","title":{"rendered":"Sudan declares 15 Emirati diplomats persona non grata"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Sudanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs yesterday summoned Badriya El Shehhi, the deputy charg\u00e9 d\u2019affaires of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Embassy in Port Sudan, informed her of the Sudanese government\u2019s decision to declare 15 diplomats working at the embassy as persona non grata. and demanded that they leave the country within 48 hours.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The FA Ministry\u2019s decision follows the UAE Foreign Ministry\u2019s summoning of the Sudanese ambassador to Abu Dhabi, Abdelrahman Sharafi, on Thursday last week. He was told that the military attach\u00e9, his deputy, and the cultural attach\u00e9 at the Sudanese embassy had to leave the Emirates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The mutual expulsion between Sudan and the UAE come after the recent statements by Lt Gen Yasir El Atta, deputy commander-in-chief of the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF), in which he accused the Emirates<\/a> of supporting the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) with arms supplies and described the UAE as \u201ca mafia state\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Military support by the Emirates to the RSF has been the subject of several reports since war broke out between the Sudanese army and the RSF on April 15.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The independent Arab channel Almayadeen<\/em> reported in August about a cargo plane that landed in Entebbe<\/a>, Uganda\u2019s main airport, in early June. The aeroplane\u2019s flight records indicated it was sent by the UAE and was carrying aid for Sudanese refugees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ugandan authorities said they discovered dozens of crates in the plane\u2019s cargo hold stocked with ammunition, assault weapons, and other small weaponry, instead of the food and medical supplies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBeyond the many Il-76 flights from Abu Dhabi to Chad via Entebbe, there are also some direct flights to N\u2019Djamena,\u201d an aircraft tracker<\/a> known as @Gerjon stated in August on X (formerly Twitter).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dabanga Sudan reported earlier this week about the worries of Sudanese<\/a> living and working in the UAE in case the relationship between the two countries deteriorates for the worse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The disastrous consequences of these developments may affect the entire Sudanese economy, given the UAE\u2019s status as Sudan\u2019s first and primary trading partner<\/a> over the past two decades. About 45 per cent of Sudan\u2019s exports go to the UAE and 31 per cent of Sudan\u2019s imports come from the UAE, according to 2022 statistics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In June 2022, Sudanese businessman Osama Daoud announced that the UAE would build a new port in the Red Sea in Sudan as part of the new investment deal with the UAE<\/a>. The deal was part of a $6 billion\u2019s worth investment package, Daoud said.<\/p>\n