Khartoum,March 21(Darfur 24)The Rapid Support Forces RSF announced Thursday, that they do not recognize the governor of the Darfur region agreement with international organizations to deliver humanitarian aid to Darfur.
In a statement published on the “X” platform, he affirmed his adherence to the transfer and delivery of humanitarian aid by agreement between the parties to the war, or by agreement between organizations and parties wishing to provide relief and the party controlling the areas to which the organizations or parties intend to deliver relief.
The statement stressed that the Rapid Support Forces will not allow humanitarian aid to be used to supply the brigades of the former regime with weapons and ammunition to serve their war agenda or military plans, according to the statement.
The statement said, “Arko Minawi’s announcement about the agreement to deliver humanitarian aid from Port Sudan via the Al-Dabbah road to Darfur does not concern us in anything and we do not recognize it, and Minawi does not have the right to conclude any agreement or receive relief on behalf of the people of Darfur without authorization.”
The statement revealed that the Rapid Support Forces monitored attempts by the army and its allied movements to bring weapons and ammunition into areas in Darfur and the city of El Fasher in North Darfur specifically.
The Rapid Support Forces called on actors in the humanitarian field to deliver humanitarian aid directly to those who need it, stressing their cooperation in securing and protecting aid within the areas under their control. They also called on organizations and donors to remove humanitarian aid from the ongoing conflict between them and the army.
The governor of the Darfur region, Minni Arko Minawi, announced on Wednesday that the United Nations agencies had agreed to deliver humanitarian aid to Darfur from Port Sudan via the Al-Dabba road.
Minawi said in press statements after his meeting with representatives of organizations and United Nations agencies in Port Sudan, “The agreement stipulates the delivery of aid to El Fasher to be distributed to the states of Darfur, confirming the receipt of aid from neighboring countries in the Al-Tineh border region.”
The Sudanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced in the past few days that it had informed the United Nations of the government’s approval to use the “Al-Tineh” crossing from Chad to El-Fasher to enter humanitarian aid in Darfur, in addition to the Port Sudan-Atbara-Malit-El-Fasher route, in addition to agreeing to use “El-Fasher” airports if access is hindered. Via land roads.