{{Sudan has no chances of succeeding if it goes ahead to work with forces opposed to the Government to bring about positive political influence, a top Government official has said.}}<\/p>\n
Uganda Tuesday responded to remarks made by the Sudanese speaker of the national assembly Ahmed Ibrahim al-Tahir. <\/p>\n
\u201cThey can try but there is no chance of succeeding. We have no intentions whatsoever of overthrowing Sudanese government,\u201d Foreign affairs minister Sam Kutesa said.<\/p>\n
He maintained that Uganda does not support any rebel group to over throw a legitimate government.<\/p>\n
Al-Tahir did not provide any details on Khartoum\u2019s efforts in this regard but his remarks signal a new stage in the already-sour relations between Sudan and Uganda.<\/p>\n
The Sudanese government was infuriated this year after rebel forces and opposition groups signed an accord in Kampala last January calling for toppling the regime of president Omer Hassan al-Bashir.<\/p>\n
This has prompted Khartoum to lodge several complaints with the African Union (AU) and other regional blocs against Kampala saying the latter is supporting regime change in Sudan.<\/p>\n
However, Uganda\u2019s foreign affairs state minister Henry Okello Oryem dismissed the allegations at the time, calling it \u201cthe usual Sudanese rubbish\u201d.<\/p>\n
Sudanese officials have also suggested that they may ask some of the staff at the Ugandan embassy to leave the country in retaliation.<\/p>\n
In a separate issue al-Tahir said that he is consulting with Bashir, defense minister, and intelligence director regarding a possible general but conditional amnesty to rebel groups.<\/p>\n
He vowed to receive those who put down their arms in a good manner and integrate them in political or military institutions.<\/p>\n
“We want to rid them of the leadership that is taking them to [the path] war and destruction and adopting agendas that does not belong to them” the speaker said.<\/p>\n
A number of rebel groups have formed what is known as the Sudanese Revolutionary Front (SRF) which includes movements from Darfur as well as the Sudan People\u2019s Liberation Movement North (SPLM-N) that is fighting Khartoum in Blue Nile and South Kordofan.<\/p>\n
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