Sitting next to each other at the Security Council table, UAE UN Ambassador Mohamed Abushahab said Sudan's UN Ambassador Al-Harith Idriss Al-Harith Mohamed had made "ludicrous" and false allegations designed to distract from "grave violations that are happening on the ground." War erupted in April last year between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) over a transition to free elections. UN sanctions monitors have described as "credible" accusations that the UAE had provided military support to the RSF. The UAE has denied involvement in military support to any of Sudan's warring parties. Late last month Sudan's army rejected a call to return to peace talks with the RSF in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
