"Speaking in Bahrain on Sunday, Anwar Gargash, the UAE's senior diplomatic envoy, said the UAE and others had been wrong not to impose sanctions on the instigators of the 2021 coup jointly led by the RSF and the army that overthrew Sudan's transitional civilian government. We all made a mistake when the two generals who are fighting the civil war today overthrew the civilian government, Gargash said."
"The UAE had actively undermined the idea of a strong civilian democratic government in Sudan in the aftermath of the popular uprising that led to the downfall of the 30-year, Islamist-aligned dictatorship of Omar al-Bashir in April 2019. Throughout 2019, in the interests of a stable transition, the UAE and Saudi Arabia tried to enhance the role of the military and marginalise civilian rule, including by promoting the idea that the RSF commander, Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, known as Hemedti, should be in charge of economic policy."
The UAE publicly acknowledged errors in its Sudan policy after reputational damage from backing the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), implicated in mass killings in El Fasher. UAE leaders admitted they and others were wrong not to sanction the instigators of the 2021 coup jointly led by the RSF and the army. The UAE and Saudi Arabia supported military influence after the 2019 uprising, promoted RSF commander Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo for economic roles, and agreed a $3bn loan to the transitional military council. Suspension of loan payouts weakened civilian authorities, contributing to the 2021 coup and the later civil war.
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