Sudan's military ruler offers to resume dialogue on transition to democracy after death toll in protest crackdown rises to 60
A protester stands near a barricade on a street in Khartoum, Sudan. Protesters have been demanding the country's Transitional Military Council handover power to civilians. June 4, 2019.
In a message for the Muslim Eid al Fitr festival, broadcast on state television, Burhan paid homage to the uprising that began in December and culminated with the military overthrow and arrest of President Omar al Bashir in April."We in the military council, extend our hands to negotiations without shackles except the interests of the homeland," Burhan said.
"We need urgently a return to the negotiating table," said German Ambassador Christoph Heusgen ahead of the meeting. "Legitimacy cannot come from the barrel of a gun." But China firmly objected to the proposed text while Russia insisted that the council should await a response from the African Union, diplomats said.
Belgium, Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, The Netherlands and Sweden said the military council's "unilateral announcement to cease negotiations, appoint a government and call for elections within a too short period of time is of great concern." "What happened, killing protesters, wounding and humiliation, was a systematic and planned matter to impose repression on the Sudanese people," he said.
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