CAIRO (Reuters) – The United Arab Emirates has banned Sudanese planes from touchdown at its airports, Sudan’s state information company quoted its Civil Aviation Authority as saying on Wednesday, within the newest signal of stress between the 2 international locations.
The UAE additionally barred a Sudanese airliner from taking off from Abu Dhabi airport, the Sudanese authority stated.
Sudan’s authority voiced shock on the reported determination and stated it was following up with airways to reprogramme reservations for passengers arriving in and departing from the Gulf nation.
Abu Dhabi authorities didn’t instantly touch upon the Sudanese assertion.
Sudan reduce diplomatic relations with the UAE in Could, saying the Gulf nation was aiding the paramilitary Fast Assist Forces with provides of superior weaponry within the nation’s devastating civil battle that broke out in April 2023.
The UAE has repeatedly denied such prices.
(Reporting by Jaidaa Taha, Nafisa Eltahir and Yomna Ehab; enhancing by Gareth Jones and Mark Heinrich)