May 11, 2008 (KHARTOUM) — Sudan broke off diplomatic relations with Chad on Saturday, blaming its neighbor for a foiled rebel attack against the Sudanese capital.

- Sudanese President Omar Hassan Al-Bashir
Sudanese President Omar Hassan Al-Bashir appeared on Sunday morning wearing his military uniform for the first time since his return late Saturday from Saudi Arabia after performing the pilgrimage.
In a 4 minute speech, Al-Bashir announced that diplomatic relations with Chad have been broken. He further said that he holds Chad responsible of the foiled attack by the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) troops against the Sudanese capital.
Al-Bashir said that Sudan "reserves the right to respond to this attack".
Separately Chadian Ambassador to Washington told Sudan Tribune by phone that Sudanese forces wearing "regular forces uniform" attacked the Embassy of Chad in Khartoum on Saturday evening.
"They broke into all the offices of the embassy including that of the ambassador and seized all the documents and computers" Mahmoud Adam Bechir said.
On April 14, 2006, following a first rebel attack against the Chadian capital Chad had severed diplomatic relations with Sudan.
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