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Saudi Arabia condemns attack on 'vital' facilities in Port Sudan, Kassala
The Kingdom called for an immediate end to the war in Sudan and urged the protection of Sudanese people
- PUBLISHED: Sun 4 May 2025, 7:14 PM
Saudi Arabia condemned the attack on vital facilities and infrastructure in Port Sudan and Kassala in Sudan, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on Sunday.
The authority said in a statement such acts "represent a threat to regional stability as well as Arab and African national security".
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Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) carried out a drone attack on a military air base and other facilities in the vicinity of Port Sudan Airport, a Sudanese army spokesperson said on Sunday, in the first RSF attack to reach the eastern port city.
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No casualties were reported from the attacks, the spokesperson said.
The Kingdom called for an immediate end to the war in Sudan and urged the protection of Sudanese people and the prevention of "further suffering and destruction".
The country also reaffirmed its position on the solution to the crisis, which it said "lies in a Sudanese-Sudanese political resolution that respects Sudan's sovereignty and unity and supports the institutions of the Sudanese state".
The Ministry also reiterated the Kingdom's rejection of these violations and stressed the importance of protecting civilians and implementing the commitments made in the Jeddah Declaration (Commitment to Protect Civilians in Sudan) signed on May 11, 2023.
The RSF has targeted power stations in army-controlled locations in central and northern Sudan for the past several months but the strikes had not inflicted heavy casualties.
The drone attack on Port Sudan indicates a major shift in the two-year conflict between the Sudanese army and the RSF. The eastern regions, which shelter a large number of displaced people, had so far avoided bombardment.
The army has responded by beefing up its deployment around vital facilities in Port Sudan and has closed roads leading to the presidential palace and army command.
Port Sudan, home to the country's primary airport, army headquarters and a seaport, has been perceived as the safest place in the war-ravaged nation.
The war erupted in April 2023 amid a power struggle between the army and RSF ahead of a planned transition to civilian rule. It ruined much of Khartoum, uprooted more than 12 million Sudanese from their homes and left about half of the 50 million population suffering from acute hunger.
Overall deaths are hard to estimate but a study published last year said the toll may have reached 61,000 in Khartoum state alone in the first 14 months of the conflict.
Inputs from Reuters