The Chairman of Sudan’s Sovereign Council, General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, arrived in Asmara for one day working visit

President Isaias Afwerki and General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, the Chairman of Sudan’s Sovereign Council, held extensive talks, at State House this afternoon, on bilateral issues, the conflict in the Sudan as well as other regional and international issues of mutual importance.

President Isaias Afwerki re-affirmed that the support that the Government and people of Eritrea continue to extend to the brotherly people of Sudan emanates from solid principles and moral obligations. President Isaias further urged the peoples of our region to firmly stand on the side of the Sudanese people for the achievement of an enduring peaceful solution to the conflict without the encumbrance and exacerbation of external intervention.

In a brief press statement to the Eritrean News Agency, General al-Burhan stated that his one-day working visit to Asmara was principally aimed at briefing the Eritrean leadership on recent developments of the conflict in Sudan. General Burhan also paid tribute to the substantial and continuous support extended by the Government and people of Eritrea to the people of Sudan.