'Those countries have no right to intervene in Sudan's affairs,'
Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir is seen during a swearing in ceremony of new officials after he dissolved the central and state governments in Khartoum, Sudan February 24, 2019.Sudan on Wednesday hit back at Western powers for calling President Omar al-Bashir's decision to impose a nationwide state of emergency a"return to military rule" in the African country.
"In President Bashir's measures they saw only the state of emergency but not his call for holding a dialogue," the statement said.Bashir declared the year-long state of emergency on Friday after a sweeping crackdown led by security agents failed to suppress more than two months of protests against his three decades in power.
"Allowing security forces to act with impunity will further erode human rights, governance and effective economic management" in Sudan, the four Western countries had said on Tuesday in a joint statement issued by their Khartoum diplomatic missions. "The state of emergency has nothing to do with the demonstrations as those who are demonstrating are Sudanese citizens," he told reporters after a meeting with Bashir.
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