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Sudan will not yield to “pressure or blackmail,” Sovereign Council Chairman Abdel Fattah al-Burhan said on Saturday after the United States withheld his visa to attend the UN General Assembly in New York.
Burhan made the remarks while addressing young people at Khartoum Stadium during the launch of the “We Have Not Forgotten You” initiative supporting the health sector, according to a statement.
“Sudan will not respond to any pressure or blackmail, and its voice will remain loud,” he said.
“We will keep our heads high. We will not accept bargaining, sell ourselves cheaply to anyone or bow to anyone,” Burhan added, saying the Sudanese people could not be intimidated.
Burhan vows to continue fight against RSF
Content creators and athletes participated in the initiative, which Burhan praised as evidence that the country was “in safe hands” and would “bow to no one.”
“Everyone stands together for the country. We will raise Sudan’s flag and its name high,” he said.
Burhan said his main objective was to defeat the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which has been fighting the army since April 2023.
“Our goal is to clear all of Sudan, including Darfur, of these thugs,” he said.
“We do not need a visa to any country or anyone’s permission,” he added, apparently referring to the dispute over his planned travel to the General Assembly.
UN expresses concern over visa dispute
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres expressed concern that Burhan’s visa had not been issued.
Separately, Sudan’s government rejected a September 22 statement by the US State Department saying that neither the Sudanese Armed Forces nor the RSF and their leaders represented legitimate constitutional governance for the country.
Khartoum reaffirmed its commitment to national sovereignty and urged Washington to engage with it positively.
The civil war in Sudan has killed tens of thousands of people, displaced millions and triggered one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises.
