Sudanese government declares UN envoy Volker Perthes “persona non grata”, two weeks after the army chief accused him of stoking the country’s civil conflict
Volker Perthes has been declared "persona non grata", two weeks after Sudan's army chief accused him of stoking the country's civil conflict and sought to have him removed from his post.Volker Perthes has been the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Sudan and Head of the United Nations Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan since 2021.
"The Government of the Republic of Sudan has notified the Secretary-General of the United Nations of declaring Mr. Volker Perthes, Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations and Head of the UNITAMS Mission, persona non grata, as of today's date," Sudan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a written statement on Thursday.
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