Egypt Renews Complete Support to Sudan’s Security, Stability

Egyptian President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi receives Chairman of Sudan’s Sovereign Council Abdel Fattah al-Burhan in Cairo. (AFP file photo)
Egyptian President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi receives Chairman of Sudan’s Sovereign Council Abdel Fattah al-Burhan in Cairo. (AFP file photo)
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Egypt Renews Complete Support to Sudan’s Security, Stability

Egyptian President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi receives Chairman of Sudan’s Sovereign Council Abdel Fattah al-Burhan in Cairo. (AFP file photo)
Egyptian President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi receives Chairman of Sudan’s Sovereign Council Abdel Fattah al-Burhan in Cairo. (AFP file photo)

Egyptian President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi reiterated his country’s complete support to Sudan’s security and stability during a telephone call with Chairman of Sudan’s Sovereign Council Abdel Fattah al-Burhan on Saturday

They agreed to continue intense coordination and consultation in the future, given their national security and the historic bilateral ties.

According to presidential spokesman Bassam Rady, the leaders discussed cooperation and regional developments.

Sisi congratulated the Sudanese government and people on their country’s Independence Day.

Burhan, for his part, hailed the deep popular and government rapprochement between Cairo and Khartoum, as well as the mutual efforts to improve joint cooperation.

He praised Cairo’s full support to preserve Sudan’s safety and stability, Rady added.

Both countries share wide cooperation relations that deepened after the ouster of Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir in 2019 and Burhan’s assumption of the Council’s presidency.

Sisi and Burhan last met in October 2020 when the Sudanese leader visited Cairo for talks on the implementation of joint development projects.



France Backs Moroccan Autonomy Plan for the Western Sahara

French President Emmanuel Macron watches a match during a women -48 kg bronze final in team judo competition at Champ-de-Mars Arena during the 2024 Summer Olympics, Saturday, July 27, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP)
French President Emmanuel Macron watches a match during a women -48 kg bronze final in team judo competition at Champ-de-Mars Arena during the 2024 Summer Olympics, Saturday, July 27, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP)
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France Backs Moroccan Autonomy Plan for the Western Sahara

French President Emmanuel Macron watches a match during a women -48 kg bronze final in team judo competition at Champ-de-Mars Arena during the 2024 Summer Olympics, Saturday, July 27, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP)
French President Emmanuel Macron watches a match during a women -48 kg bronze final in team judo competition at Champ-de-Mars Arena during the 2024 Summer Olympics, Saturday, July 27, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP)

France recognizes a plan for autonomy for the Western Sahara region under Moroccan sovereignty as the only way of resolving a long-running dispute over the territory, President Emmanuel Macron said in a letter on Tuesday. 

The dispute, dating back to 1975, pits Morocco, which says the Western Sahara is its territory, against the Algeria-backed Polisario Front, which says it is an independent state. 

France, as the former colonial power in the region, has walked a diplomatic tightrope between Rabat and Algiers on the issue. Most of France's Western allies already back Morocco's plan. 

"For France, autonomy under Moroccan sovereignty is the framework within which this issue must be resolved," according to the letter sent by Macron to Morocco's King Mohammed VI. 

"Our support for the autonomy plan proposed by Morocco in 2007 is clear and constant. For France, it now constitutes the only basis for achieving a just, lasting and negotiated political solution in accordance with the resolutions of the United Nations Security Council." 

The Royal Palace in a statement welcomed the announcement and said it was a "significant development in support of Moroccan sovereignty over the Sahara." 

Macron said in the letter he considered that it was "the present and future of Western Sahara within the framework of Morocco's sovereignty" and Paris would act according to this position domestically and internationally.