The United Arab Emirates (UAE) denied a report published by the American Wall Street Journal claiming that the UAE sent weapons to the Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
Altaghyeer: Agencies
The UAE’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs stressed in statement on Sunday that “Abu Dhabi does not take sides with any of the actors involved in war in Sudan, on the contrary, it seeks to put an end to hostilities and calls for dialogue and respect for the country’s sovereignty.”
The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday that “a cargo plane landed in Uganda’s main Entebbe airport in early June this year, with flight records indicating that it had been sent by the UAE and was carrying aid for Sudanese refugees. Instead of the food and medical aid that they expected the Ugandan authorities discovered dozens of crates in the aircraft’s cargo that contained assault weapons, ammunition, and other small weaponry.”
The report cited anonymous African and Middle Eastern sources as saying that “the weapons found in that incident were part of a plot by the UAE to back Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, the warlord who leads the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Sudan and who has been vying for control of the country against the Sudanese military since 15 April.”
