Khartoum, June 12: Sudanese Transitional Military Council (TMC) and opposition alliance with protesters have on Tuesday agreed to resume their stalled negotiations to establish a transitional body to rule the nation after a deadly crackdown on demonstrators and their camps amid civil disobedience, according to Ethiopian envoy.
According to Al-Jazeera news reports, while interacting with reporters in Khartoum, the Sudanese capital, Ethiopian envoy Mahmoud Drir stated the TMC has also agreed to release the detained political figures as a goodwill gesture, but did not offer further details.
“The Freedom and Change alliance agreed to end the civil disobedience (campaign) from today,” said Drir, who was charged with mediation since his an official visit by Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed last week.
“Both sides have also agreed to resume talks soon” on a handover of power to a civilian administration, he added.
In a statement, the protest movement has said it was calling on citizens to “resume work from Wednesday” until the further notice. However, there were no immediate comments by the army council.
While commenting over the announced talks offer between the two side, Mohammed Vall, Al Jazeera’s, stated negotiations were going to be “tough”.
“The main sticking point is who is going to lead the transitional sovereign council – is it military majority or civilian majority?” He added: “It is going to take time before they agree.”
In the midst of civil disobedience in the nation, landline internet connections were on Monday seen down across Sudan, a week after the connections were cut off following a military crackdown over protesters.
About one week ago, Sudanese security forces began sweeping off protesters and camps that had demonstrated holding sit-ins outside the military’s headquarters in the capital, Khartoum, that claimed the lives of more than 100 people.
Early Monday afternoon, internet lines across the country from the main provider Sudantel ceased working in Khartoum, an AFP correspondent reported, adding it had affected offices, luxury hotels, and embassies.
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