Discussion on UAE's Losses in Sudan

I left a major country without naming it.

The vice president of that country. We were on our way to a meeting.

I remember it was an unusual move.

He was pressing me to walk in a certain direction after

we had left.

The first time, I thought, I said, “Sorry, it was something

that happened by coincidence.” But I felt that

there was something deliberate about walking

in that direction. Once we had walked a little way away from people,

he told me, “The UAE has lost a lot in Sudan.”

These people are finding it tough.

A major country, I mean.

So I asked him, “Is this a message?”

He said, “No.”

But it’s a serious issue.

No.

But it’s a serious issue.

So I said, “All right, let me take it seriously.”

I want to sit down with them.

He said, “Seriously.”

I delayed my return for

three days.

They called

the UAE.

They refused.

In the same country, again,

they repeated the same

call.

They refused to meet with us.

So I asked, “How great were their losses?” He told

me, “They

had

spent huge resources in Sudan, so they want

to talk.”

I told them very clearly, we want to hear it from their own mouths.

So we can see how serious they are about the table they want.

We have not met with them to this day. We have tried

very hard through many countries in our efforts to meet

them.

They always refuse to meet with us.

I think they met once with the foreign minister

in the United States.

At that meeting,

the foreign minister and the Sudanese team spoke.

They remained silent

until the meeting ended, and they did not comment.

That is their way.

But I am sure that one day

they will speak. Persistent knocking wakes the sleeper.

Long live Sudan.