An investigation is underway into this event which did not cause any injuries, assures Antony Blinken. The day before, the head of European diplomacy Josep Borrell had announced that the EU ambassador to Sudan had been “attacked” at his home.
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New attack against a diplomat in Sudan. After the attack on his home by the EU ambassador, an American diplomatic convoy came under fire on Monday April 17, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken revealed on Tuesday. “All our staff are safe and sound” but this act is “irresponsible”he added to the press after a meeting of G7 foreign ministers in Japan.
“This incident is still under investigation to determine what exactly happened. According to initial information we have, it is the work of forces associated with the RSF”, the paramilitary units of General Mohamed Hamdane Daglo, he said. The license plates of the convoy could be identified.
The Secretary of State also spoke separately with the two rival generals on Tuesday and insisted with them “on the urgency of reaching a ceasefire”. A request taken up in concert by the chief diplomats of the G7 countries who called for a halt “immediate” fighting in Sudan, which they condemned “with force”. The clashes in Sudan since Saturday between the regular army of General Abdel Fattah al-Burhane and the paramilitary forces of his former ally, General Mohamed Hamdane Daglo, known as “Hemedti”, have already left nearly 200 dead and at least 1,800 wounded, according to the UN.
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