The TMC appointed Dagalo to lead talks with protest movements, with negotiations reportedly soon to follow. "Our mission is to sit with them wherever they are, and to convince them back to Sudan and sit together to solve the causes of the war in Sudan," he said, Anadolu Agency reported. Dagalo did not give a certain number of prisoners to be released, though opposition groups have stressed that thousands were currently in government custody. Addressing a press conference in Khartoum on Monday, Altaj accused the TMC of attempting to abort regional and international efforts to settle the current crisis. On Sunday, the TMC rejected the Ethiopian initiative to mediate between it and the opposition, considering it a violation to the country's sovereignty and an attempt to impose a specific solutions.

Source: Ethiopian News June 25, 2019 07:29 UTC