No Iranian link to bombed arms factory, Sudan says

TEHRAN, Oct. 31 (MNA) - The Sudanese Foreign Ministry issued a statement on Monday denying the claim that Iran was involved with a military factory that was attacked by Israeli aircraft last week. “The Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirms what is known by all: that Iran has no need to manufacture weapons in Sudan, for Iran or for its allies,” the ministry said in the statement, Gulf News reported. “We want to deny any relation between Sudan’s military manufacturing and any foreign partner.” Iran has called the Israeli bombardment of the Yarmouk arms manufacturing facility in south Khartoum a flagrant violation of international law and breach of Sudan’s national sovereignty. On Tuesday, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast called on the United Nations Security Council to condemn the attack on Sudan’s military factory. “The Security Council should seriously respond to this issue,” Mehmanparast told reporters. He also said regional countries should not allow Israel to use their airspace for such aggressions. The Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) also issued a statement on Friday condemning the Israeli bombardment of the Sudanese military factory. Following is the text of the statement: The Coordinating Bureau of the Non-Aligned Movement, in consistent with the cherished and established principles of the Movement and reaffirming the commitment of the Movement to the sovereignty, unity, independence and territorial integrity of Sudan, condemns in the strongest possible words the aerial bombardment by the Israeli air force to the YARMOOK military factory, which produces traditional weapons and ammunitions in Sudan. This aggression constitutes a serious breach of the United Nations Charter and a flagrant violation to the principles of sovereignty and territorial integrity of States.