UAE dismisses as “false, ludicrous” Sudan’s accusations it is providing weapons to RSF

The UAE has dismissed as “false” and “ludicrous allegations” the accusations leveled by Sudan claiming the Gulf Country is providing weapons to the rival paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Sudan’s civil war.

Responding to the accusation voiced by Sudanese Ambassador to the united nations Al-Harith Mohamed who claimed that “Sudan is surrounded by major arms-trafficking hubs, which the RSF uses to reinforce its supply lines against the Sudanese Armed Forces,” the UAE ambassador Mohamed Abushahab said the accusation is “a shameful abuse by one of the warring parties.”

He denied that the UAE is feeding Sudan’s civil war  and said Sudan is trying to distract from human rights violations committed in the country.

The clash took place at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on Tuesday June 18.

A recent expert study revealed that “Sudan is surrounded by major arms-trafficking hubs, which the RSF uses to reinforce its supply lines against the Sudanese Armed Forces.”
According to a recent study by the German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA), Sudan’s civil war is fueled by supplies of “fuel, ammunition, weapons, and other cargo [that] are smuggled through Libya, Chad, the Central African Republic, and via the Red Sea.” The report adds that “weapons also arrive from Uganda and South Sudan.”

Earlier in March, US Ambassador to the UN, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, urged countries to stop supplying Sudan’s rival generals with weapons for their civil war, saying they are fueling “death, destruction and depravity.” Speaking of a 52-page final report of the five-member panel of UN experts on Sudan, she also said that “a conflict that, as this report details, is being fueled by arms transferred from a handful of regional powers — arms transfers that must stop.” Then in April, Undersecretary-General, Rosemary DiCarlo, told the UN Security Council that the year-old war in Sudan has been fueled by weapons from foreign supporters who continue to flout UN sanctions aimed at helping end the conflict.