PM faces questions on UAE role in Sudan crisis
MPs questioned the Prime Minister on Sudan's humanitarian crisis and the UAE's alleged role, including Sheikh Mansour's reported links to RSF abuses.
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During parliamentary proceedings, MPs raised the humanitarian crisis in Sudan and the role of the United Arab Emirates in the conflict. One exchange focused on Darfur, where Andrew Mitchell asked the Prime Minister to put the appalling humanitarian situation on his international agenda. The Prime Minister replied that ending suffering in Sudan is very high on the Foreign Secretary's list of priorities. He also said the government was taking Houthi aggression seriously and would consider further requests to support Saudi Arabia.
Another question turned to the UAE and Manchester City owner Sheikh Mansour, who is also Vice President of the UAE. Monica Hardy welcomed the Foreign Secretary's speech on Sudan at the United Nations General Assembly. She noted that the Prime Minister had recently said he would be concerned to lose Sheikh Mansour from Manchester. She then asked whether he recognised reports, including in the New York Times, that Sheikh Mansour has a central role not only in Manchester City's contested success but also in the genocide, famine and forced displacement across Sudan carried out by the RSF. She asked when the Prime Minister would stand up to Sheikh Mansour and the UAE and call out their dishonest roles in Manchester and in fanning the flames of conflict.
The Prime Minister said the government wanted a humanitarian solution in Sudan without fear or favour. He said the UK would make that case very clearly to the UAE. He also confirmed that all of his dealings with the owners of Manchester City would be published that afternoon. The Sudan exchange came during a wide-ranging parliamentary session that also covered Chinese exports, Israel and Palestine, Yemen, Brexit and immigration.
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| Andrew Mitchell urged the Prime Minister to focus on the humanitarian situation in Darfur, Sudan. | |
| Monica Hardy cited New York Times and other reports linking Sheikh Mansour to Manchester City's contested success and to RSF atrocities in Sudan, including genocide, famine and forced displacement. | |
| The Prime Minister said the UK would advocate to the UAE for a humanitarian solution in Sudan. | |
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Sky News carried the exchange as part of its parliamentary coverage. Its focus was the direct clash over Sheikh Mansour, Manchester City and the UAE's alleged role in Sudan, along with the Prime Minister's promise to publish his dealings and press the UAE. It offered little separate context on the wider Sudan crisis beyond the chamber exchange.
- “On the Prime Minister's international agenda, should he not also focus on the appalling humanitarian situation in Darfur, Sudan?”
- “Does he also recognise that the same individual is also reported by outlets, including the New York Times, as having a central role not only in Man City's contested success but also of the genocide, famine and forced displacements happening across Sudan by the RSF?”
- “My right hon. Friend is clear that we want a humanitarian solution in Sudan without fear or favour. We will make that case very clearly to the UAE.”
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