Khartoum officially calls on UAE to return its citizens from Libya immediately

SANAA, Jan. 30 (YPA) – Khartoum on Thursday officially demanded that Sudanese nationals sent by the UAE to fight alongside Haftar’s forces in Libya to return back.

This came in a press conference held by Sudanese Information Minister Faisal Mohammed Saleh, following demonstrations in front of the Sudanese Foreign Ministry and the UAE Embassy in Khartoum.
The protests denounced Abu Dhabi sending Sudanese citizens to fight in Libya, instead of working in security services, according to contracts concluded with them by an Emirati company.
The minister said the Sudanese government is reaching out to the UAE about citizens sent to work in the UAE.
The UAE had been called upon to respond immediately to the return of Sudanese wishing to return voluntarily to their country.
Salah said young Sudanese who went on employment contracts to Abu Dhabi were chosen between working as security guards in the UAE or guarding oil facilities in Libya.
Activists on social media recently posted pictures of Sudanese preparing to leave the Libyan city of Ra’s Lanuf on a plane carrying 275 Sudanese on their way back to the capital Khartoum, after protests intensified over their dispatch.
Ras Lanuf is an industrial residential town in northern Libya and is home to the Ra’s Lanuf oil refinery.
On December 25, 2019, the British newspaper The Guardian published a report on Abu Dhabi’s “involvement” in financing the transfer of mercenaries to fight in Libya alongside the forces of retired General Khalifa Haftar.
Since April 4, Khalifa Haftar’s UAE-backed forces have launched a faltering offensive to take control of the capital, Tripoli, the seat of Libya’s Government National Accord.
This attack thwarted efforts by the United Nations to convene a dialogue conference among Libyans, as part of a UN road map to address the Libyan conflict.
E.M