The African Union’s Peace and Security Council has called on the Sudanese military to transfer power to a transitional civilian-led political authority within 15 days or face suspension from AU.

The call was contained in a communique issued on Monday following the meeting between Lieutenant General Jalal al-Deen al-Sheikh, a member of the Transitional Military Council (TMC) and Ethiopia’s Prime Minister in Addis Ababa, where the AU is based.

According to the Sudanese state news agency, SUNA, al-Sheikh said the TMC was already in the process of choosing a prime minister for the incoming civilian government.

“So we are initiating this even before having this session with the African Union. This is our conviction and this is also the way forward to peace but also, we respect it and we are committed to the decision of the Peace and Security Council,” al-Sheikh said.