Sudan describes US, British and French demand to visit Darfur as “strange”

05:17 PM Apr, 24 2015
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Sudan’s Permanent Mission to United Nations (UN) has described a request made by senior US, British and French diplomats to visit Darfur region as “strange”
Deputy head of Sudan’s UN mission, Hassan Hamid Hassan, said in press statements on Thursday that the request for visas in January was strange because it was not for a visit by the entire 15-nation Security Council or by the five permanent members, Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States.

“Thus, the entire proposed visit was odd and under question because of the unclarity and the contradictions related to both the purpose and format,” He said
He also questioned the diplomats’ motives for the trip, saying it had not been clear why they wanted to go to Darfur in the first place, suggesting the issue of the January visas may have been revived now to reinforce a joint statement issued on Monday by the United States, Britain and Norway that rebuked Khartoum for its “failure to create a free, fair, and conducive elections environment.”

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