At least eight heads of state, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, EU Commission President, and Arab and Western leaders are expected to arrive in Sudan to attend the signing ceremony of the agreement between the forces of the Declaration of Freedom and Change and the Transitional Military Council, over the political and the constitutional declaration documents.
Preparations are underway for the signing of the constitutional declaration on Saturday, after which the chairman of the Transitional Military Council, Abdel Fattah Al Burhan, will preside over the first term of the Sovereign Council.
According to information available to Asharq Al-Awsat, heads of states who will attend the ceremony will include Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, in his capacity as president of the African Union, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni, Chadian President Idriss Deby, and African Union Commission President Moussa Faqih.
The historic meeting will also be attended by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, as well as a representative of the US State Department, foreign ministers of the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council and other Gulf leaders, who have yet to be identified, sources told Asharq Al-Awsat.
A spokesman for the Transitional Military Council had earlier announced that the signing ceremony would be broadcast in popular squares and neighborhoods, while the forces of the Declaration of Freedom and Change will hold popular celebrations across the country.
Meanwhile, in a speech broadcast on state television to commemorate the 65th anniversary of the founding of the Sudanese Army, Al Burhan, said that the army has heroically maintained the country’s security and independence and was able to protect the democratic transformation and the goals of the glorious December Revolution.
