Sudan Condemns France for Hosting a Conference on Its Humanitarian Situation

The Sudanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemned France in a statement today, Friday, for hosting a humanitarian conference on Sudan on April 15th, "without consultation or coordination" with the government and "without its participation." The statement read, "The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Sudan expresses its profound astonishment and condemnation that this conference on a matter concerning Sudan, a sovereign and independent state and a member of the United Nations, is taking place without consultation or coordination with its government and without its participation."