Gen. Malik Agar reaffirms Khartoum’s commitment to diplomatic stability and rules out military conflict with Ethiopia despite rising border tensions and security allegations
By Staff Writer
(Nairobi, Kenya) — Gen. Malik Agar, Deputy Head of Sudan‘s Sovereign Council, reaffirmed that Khartoum has no intention of engaging in military conflict with neighboring Ethiopia, even as border tensions and security accusations escalate between the two nations.
Addressing a journalists’ forum in Khartoum, Gen. Agar emphasized ,according to Radio Tamazuj report, Sudan’s preference for diplomatic stability along its eastern border, explicitly declaring that his country does not want to enter into a war with Ethiopia.
The Deputy Head’s reassuring statements come amid intensified rhetoric from Sudanese military leadership regarding cross-border security threats. Senior military officials recently accused Ethiopia of permitting the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) to operate and launch drone strikes from inside Ethiopian territory, specifically citing recent aerial attacks targeting Sudan’s southeastern Blue Nile State.
Lt. Gen. Yasser al-Atta, Chief of Staff of the Sudanese Armed Forces, alleged that Ethiopian authorities were taking advantage of Sudan’s internal conflict to assert control over disputed border territories. Ethiopian officials have consistently rejected these claims, dismissing Khartoum’s allegations as entirely baseless.
Gen. Agar reiterated that preserving national unity and safeguarding state institutions remain Sudan’s primary imperatives, describing the country’s territorial integrity as an absolute red line. Characterizing the current military situation across Blue Nile, Darfur, and Kordofan as reassuring, he stressed that resolving the national crisis requires a coordinated combination of political dialogue and military strategy.
Without directly naming specific foreign governments, Gen. Agar remarked that Sudanese forces are fighting a broader state-backed operation rather than an isolated militia. Looking toward post-conflict governance, he announced that armed groups that signed the 2020 Juba Peace Agreement will integrate their combatants into the Sudanese Armed Forces and participate in an upcoming national dialogue forum aimed at restoring institutional stability.
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