Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir accuses Egypt, again, of occupying the Halayeb triangle and illegally imposing its sovereignty over it. In his interview with the Qatari outlet Al-Jazeera, Al-Bashir said Sudan rejects war against Egypt and is ready for arbitration of the United Nations security council in the case, to prove that Halayeb triangle belongs to the Sudanese territories. He further added that Egypt’s occupation was done when Sudan was busy to stand in face of insurgency of South Sudan. “Bilateral relations between Egypt and Sudan are rather vital and profound. When the Egyptian military aviation had been attacked in 1967, the planes went to Sudan with no prior agreement and Sudan opened its borders,” Al-Bashir said. He went to say that Egypt’s occupation to Halayeb triangle has had a severe impact on the bilateral relations. Al-Bashir continued that Egyptian media, both private and state-owned, is attacking Sudan. Prior to assuming the Egyptian president, Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi said that the Halayeb triangle is a part of the Egyptian territories and called on Sudan not to start a conflict. Although Al-Bashir asserts in every interview that the Halayeb triangle belongs to the…
