The United States says that Sudan used chemical weapons in the civil war
The Foreign Ministry said that the United States will impose new sanctions on Sudan after it found that it was using chemical weapons last year in the ongoing civil war against RSF.
American exports will be restricted to the country and the bodies of financial borrowing will be shown from June 6, which was issued by Tami Bruce spokesman.
A Sudanese government spokesman described the accusations as “unrealistic claims without supportive evidence.”
Both the Sudanese army and the paramilitary group have previously accused RSF of committing war crimes during the conflict, which he denied.
More than 150,000 people were killed during the conflict, which began two years ago when the Sudan Army and RSF began an evil struggle for power.
In recent months, the Sudan Army He regained the capital of Khartoum, but the fighting continues elsewhere.
No details were provided about the chemical weapons that the United States said found, but the New York Times reported in January that Sudan used chlorine gas on two occasions, causing a set of painful and destructive effects and could be fatal.
This was said in remote areas that were not called. No visual evidence was shared as much as weapons were used in the current war in Sudan.
“The United States calls on the government of Sudan to stop all the use of chemical weapons and support them from its obligations under CWC,” the statement said in a reference to the Chemical Weapons Agreement in which the signatories were committed to destroying its weapons stocks.
In a strongly designed statement, the Minister of Culture and Information described Sudan, Khaled Al -Isseer, the actions of the United States as “political extortion”, adding that it was eroding “the credibility of the United States” and spent “any remaining effect that might have in Sudan.”
He said that it was “a fabricated novel … to mislead international opinion and provide political coverage of the illegal active actors in crimes against the Sudanese people.”
Almost every country in the world – including Sudan – agreed to CWC, regardless of Egypt, North Korea and South Sudan, according to the Arms Control Association, a US -based organic organism organization. Israel signed the agreement but did not believe its signature, which means that it did not confirm its law to participate in the treaty, as ACA adds.
“The United States is still completely committed to maintaining the responsibility of contributing to the proliferation of chemical weapons,” Bruce added.
This is not the first time that the United States has imposed sanctions in Sudan. In January, they were issued against the leaders of the two parties involved in the conflict.
The military leader, Sudan, Abd al -Fata Al -Brahan Accused of “destabilizing Sudan and undermining the goal of democratic transition” By the United States, which was convicted by the country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs as “strange and disturbing.”
Meanwhile, RSF Ras Muhammad Hamdan Daglu, also known as Hemedti, was. Designed to commit the genocide In the country by former Foreign Minister Anthony Blinkkin. RSF has denied these charges.
The competing forces have been struggling for power over the past two years, which resulted in the displacement of about 12 million people and left 25 million in need of food help, more than twice the population of London.
The new sanctions will not have a little impact on the country as a result of these previous measures, according to the news agency of Agence France -Presse.
The last step in the United States comes amid tensions on the alleged participation of the United Arab Emirates in the conflict. The Sudanese UAE and Sudan maintained diplomatic relations Even early this month When the Sudanese government claimed that the United Arab Emirates has submitted weapons to RSF, a claim denying the United Arab Emirates.
After US President Donald Trump received the warm Gulf state last week, Democrats in Congress sought to partially prevent the sale of weapons from the United States to the United Arab Emirates because of its alleged involvement in the conflict.
A Sudanese diplomatic source told Reuters that the United States imposed new sanctions “to distract the recent campaign in Congress against the United Arab Emirates.”
Earlier this month, The United Nations Supreme Court rejected Sudan’s offer To prosecute the United Arab Emirates for genocide.
Additional reports by Ann Si, and Peter Moay from the BBC verification
