The Sudanese Foreign Ministry on Saturday called on the US government to correct its position towards the Sudanese crisis and not to equate the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) with the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which it described as a “terrorist militia.”
In a statement carried by the official news agency, SUNA, the ministry criticized a tweet posted by US Ambassador in Khartoum John Godfrey, in which he called the two warring parties, the SAF and the RSF, “the belligerents” in Sudan. He added that neither of them was fit to rule.
The Foreign Ministry described Godfrey’s statements as inappropriate and said they reflect the ambassador’s lack of respect for the Sudanese people and their independence.
“The US ambassador’s post ignored the fact that the armed forces, the National Army of Sudan, are defending the country and its people against a terrorist and criminal militia that practices the worst atrocities known to humanity during this century,” the Ministry said.
“We expect the US ambassador and his country's government to correct this unbalanced and defective position, and for the envoy to distance himself from comments that contradict diplomatic norms and rules and do not help in ending the crisis in our country,” it added.
On Friday, Godfrey called on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, “the belligerents” in Sudan to transfer power to a civilian transitional government.