“Extremists” in Sudan must be subdued, Russia says
Russia said on Thursday it opposed foreign
intervention in Sudan and the authorities in Khartoum must subdue what it
described as extremists, Russia’s RIA news agency reported.
Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov was quoted
as saying that Moscow favored a national dialogue about a transition period
leading to new elections.
“Naturally, in order to do that, you need for order
to be imposed, and you need to fight against extremists and provocateurs who
don’t want the stabilization of the situation,” RIA quoted Bogdanov as saying.
“That’s the situation right now, but we are against
any external intervention, the imposition of anything on the Sudanese,” he was
quoted as saying.
He did not identify which groups he considered to be
extremists and provocateurs.
On Monday, security forces in Sudan raided a protest
camp that had gathered opposition supporters calling for a transition to
democracy. Medics linked to the opposition said at least 108 people had been
killed in the raid and subsequent unrest.
