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Sudan’s Bashir to Visit Kuwait, Qatar

Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir. (Reuters)
Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir. (Reuters)
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Sudan’s Bashir to Visit Kuwait, Qatar

Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir. (Reuters)
Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir. (Reuters)

President of Sudan Omar al-Basjir will head to Kuwait on an official two-day visit as part of a regional tour that also takes him to Qatar.

This will mark the first time he visits the Gulf state since the eruption of the crisis with Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates and Egypt.

Bashir is expected to discuss bilateral ties, efforts to achieve peace and rebuild Sudan during his tour.

In Kuwait, he is scheduled to hold talks with Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmed al-Sabah and in Qatar he is set to meet with Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, reported the Sudan News Agency (SUNA).

Discussions will focus on regional developments and issues of common interest, added SUNA.

Since the eruption of the crisis with Qatar, Bashir had voiced his support for the Kuwait initiative aimed at resolving it.

He had pledged to exert efforts to end the crisis through peaceful means and within the Gulf fold.

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Gulf Countries Deplore Escalating Tensions in the Region

FILE PHOTO: Satellite image shows the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant, in Bushehr Province, Iran, May 26, 2025. 2025 Planet Labs PBC/Handout via REUTERS
FILE PHOTO: Satellite image shows the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant, in Bushehr Province, Iran, May 26, 2025. 2025 Planet Labs PBC/Handout via REUTERS
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Gulf Countries Deplore Escalating Tensions in the Region

FILE PHOTO: Satellite image shows the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant, in Bushehr Province, Iran, May 26, 2025. 2025 Planet Labs PBC/Handout via REUTERS
FILE PHOTO: Satellite image shows the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant, in Bushehr Province, Iran, May 26, 2025. 2025 Planet Labs PBC/Handout via REUTERS

The United Arab Emirates urged on Sunday an immediate halt to escalation to "avoid serious repercussions" in the region following strikes by the US on Iran's nuclear facilities.

It warned that such actions could lead the region to "new levels of instability," according to a statement from the foreign ministry.

Qatar also said on Sunday that dangerous tensions following the US strikes on Iran's nuclear sites would lead to "catastrophic repercussions" on both regional and international levels.

In a post on X, the foreign ministry deplored the "deterioration" to the status quo after the US strikes.

It called on all parties “to exercise wisdom, restraint, and to avoid further escalation."

Oman condemned the airstrikes, saying they escalated tensions in the region.

The US airstrikes threaten “to expand the scope of the conflict and constitute a serious violation of international law and the United Nations charter,” a spokesperson for Oman’s foreign ministry said in a statement.

Oman was a mediator in the nuclear talks between Iran and the US that have been upended by the Israel-Iran war.