ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s foreign office this week strongly condemned an attack on the residence of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) ambassador in Khartoum allegedly by a Sudanese army aircraft, terming it a violation of international law and the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations.
Violent clashes have taken place in Khartoum over the past week in a major flare-up of hostilities between Sudan’s armed forces and its rival paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
In a statement on Monday, UAE’s foreign ministry condemned the attack and called on the Sudanese army to assume full responsibility for the “cowardly act.” Sudan’s military government refuted the accusations, saying that the RSF had bombed the ambassador’s residence.
“Pakistan strongly condemns the attack on the residence of the Ambassador of the United Arab Emirates in Khartoum, Sudan,” Foreign Office spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch said in a statement on Monday.
“Such attacks are a violation of international law and the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, 1961 that uphold the respect for diplomatic premises and personnel.”
The UAE’s foreign ministry termed the attack a “flagrant violation of the fundamental principle of the inviolability of diplomatic premises,” stressing the importance of protecting diplomatic buildings and staff residences of the embassy, according to the treaties and customs regulating diplomatic relations.
The ministry said it would submit a formal letter to the League of Arab States, the African Union and the UN reporting the attack.
