Sudan News Agency (Khartoum)
20 December 2011
Khartoum — The Armed Forces has affirmed its commitment to withdraw from Abyei as soon as arrival of the Ethiopian forces, which is composed of 4,200 soldiers, is completed in the coming days.
In a statement to SUNA, the spokesman of the Armed Forces, Col. Al-Sawarmi Khalid Saad, has denied any bias or collusion between the Armed Forces and any militia of a group of citizens, re-emphasizing the nationality of the Armed Forces and its basic duty of defending the homeland, the sovereignty and the properties.
He denied the allegations circulated by a number of foreign organizations on involvement of the Sudanese Armed Forces in burning of houses, affirming that the Armed Forces is engaged in protecting and securing the citizens.
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