Sudan Recalls its Ambassador to Addis, Ethiopia Denies the Accusation, Egypt Condemns the Attacks

Nile post- Khartoum

Sudan has officially announced it has summoned its ambassador to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, following Khartoum accusing Addis Ababa of allowing its territories to be used for drone attacks inside Sudanese by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militias. The ambassador according to local reports is due to arrive to Khartoum on Tuesday
The Sudanese official media quoted the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Mohi-Eddin Salim as announcing that his government has decided to summon Sudan’s ambassador to Ethiopia for consultations over what he described as a “United Arab Emirates (UAE)–Ethiopian drone attack on Khartoum International Airport on Monday”, affirming that the government will submit additional evidence in its case against the United Arab Emirates before the United Nations Security Council.
But Ethiopia, despite Sudan saying it possess material evidence substantiating these accusations, has categorically denied in an official statement on Tuesday any involvement in the attacks against Sudanese territories.
But, speaking at a joint press conference in Khartoum in the early hours of Tuesday, the Sudanese minister stressed that Khartoum International Airport is a civilian facility and that targeting it constitutes a violation of international law. He expressed concern over the absence of international condemnation following the attack.
He stated that, according to what he described as conclusive evidence, the attack was launched from Ethiopia, which he said “should be a sisterly state.”
The minister added that the recent voluntary return of residents to Khartoum had angered Sudan’s adversaries, linking it to the latest attacks, and warned both United Arab Emirates and Ethiopia that they had “chosen the wrong path and would regret it”, the official Sudan news agency reported on Tuesday morning.
He further said that the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia, despite the significant external support, had been repelled by the Sudanese Armed Forces and allied units with broad public backing.
While affirming the strong ties between the Sudanese and Ethiopian peoples, he said Sudan “extends a hand of goodwill” to the Ethiopian people, but criticized the Ethiopian government’s actions. He stressed Sudan’s readiness to respond, stating that the country has the legal right to determine the manner and means of its response.
Furthermore, the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) Spokesperson Brigadier General Asim Awad Abdelwahab presented a set of documented evidence to the Sudanese public and regional and international opinion, which he said proves the involvement of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Ethiopia in the attack on Sudan, following the drone strike targeting Khartoum International Airport on Monday—an act he described as a clear violation of national sovereignty and international law.
In a statement delivered at a joint press conference in Khartoum, the general said that, based on verified information and conclusive evidence from official bodies and multiple sources, hostile aerial operations involving three drones began on 1 March this year from Bahir Dar Airport in Ethiopia, targeting areas in White Nile, Blue Nile, North Kordofan, and South Kordofan states.
He added that on 17 March, one of these drones was intercepted and shot down by air defenses. Subsequent analysis of its data, along with inquiries to the manufacturer, indicated that the drone—identified by serial number (S88)—belongs to the United Arab Emirates and had been operated from Ethiopian territory via Bahir Dar Airport. The data also showed its launch point and flight path into Sudanese airspace, where it reportedly engaged Sudanese forces multiple times in Al-Kormuk and other locations in Blue Nile State, as well as in North and South Kordofan, before being downed north of El-Obeid, north Kordofan region, over 600km west of Khartoum, on 17 March.
The Sudanese general has further stated that between 1 and 4 May, another drone launched from Bahir Dar Airport entered Sudanese airspace and was tracked until it reached the Jebel Aulia area, where it targeted Khartoum International Airport and other sites before being intercepted.
The spokesperson affirmed that, based on this documented evidence, the actions of Ethiopia and the United Arab Emirates constitute direct aggression against Sudan and will not go unanswered, stressing that the Sudanese Armed Forces remain fully prepared to confront any threat in defense of the country’s sovereignty, dignity, and security.
In the meantime, Egypt has issued a statement strongly condemning the drone attack on Khartoum International Airport, describing it as blatant violation of Sudanese sovereignty and a direct threat to the safety of civilian infrastructure and the Sudanese people.
Cairo affirmed that this attack represents a dangerous escalation that will further complicate the security and humanitarian situation and hinder efforts to reach a humanitarian truce in the Sudan.
It expressed “deep concern and condemnation” of the increasing frequency of attacks, which reports indicate originated from the territory of a neighboring country.
The Egyptian statement warned that these actions threaten to widen the scope of the conflict and extend it to the surrounding region, thus undermining international efforts led by the United States within the Quartet, which aim to establish a full ceasefire and pave the way for a comprehensive, Sudanese-owned political process, free from foreign interference.
The Ethiopian government has in its statement on Tuesday categorically rejected what it described as “baseless accusations” leveled against it by the Sudanese government and military.