The UAE warned on Thursday that Sudan must not become a "safe haven" for terrorist groups and said European partners are being briefed on mediation efforts.
Lana Nusseibeh, Minister of State and Envoy of the Minister of Foreign Affairs to the EU, said that the Quad group – which also includes Saudi Arabia, the US and Egypt – should reiterate that it is “unacceptable” that the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have weaponised food aid "across a country where so many people are in desperate need of humanitarian aid".
"Countries like the UAE have consistently provided [aid], not only throughout the course of this conflict, but in the past," she added.
The Minister of State was speaking during a press briefing with the bloc's Commissioner for the Mediterranean, Dubravka Suica, in Abu Dhabi.
Ms Suica stressed that the EU welcomes the UAE's role in Quad. "We think that we are on the same page there, and we are trying to see what we can do in order to keep the ceasefire," she said.
Ms Nusseibeh said that the Quad has taken the position that "Sudan, unlike in many points in its history, should not have to be determined by extremist groups or become a fragile state wher
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