Mohamed Hamdan Hamidati, deputy head of the military council in Sudan, met with US Charge d'Affaires in Khartoum, Stephen Coates, at a time when the ruling National Congress Party (NCP) said the military council violated the constitution and demanded the release of its leaders.
The media office at the presidential palace said Kotsis met the first team of Hamidati in the palace, in the first official activity of the latter after his appointment.
He added that Hamidati briefed the American diplomat on the situation and developments, the reasons that led to the formation of the Transitional Military Council, and the steps taken by the Council to maintain security and stability.
For his part, Kotsis welcomed the role of the Military Council in achieving stability, and stressed the need for continued cooperation between the two sides in order to strengthen the common relations.
On the other hand, the National Congress Party said that the Transitional Military Council violated the constitutional legitimacy, adding in a statement that he refuses to arrest his leaders and his chief commissioner and a number of symbols, and demanded their immediate release.
The Congress Party also said that the move taken by the military junta would delay the smooth transition, slow the peaceful transfer of power and revoke the national document of dialogue.
The members of the military council were sworn in on Saturday evening after the council issued a constitutional decree appointing Abdul Fattah al-Burhan as its president, Hamidati (commander of the rapid support forces) as vice president, and seven officers from the army, police and intelligence.
Thousands of Sudanese continue to sit in front of the army headquarters in Khartoum to demand the preservation of the "gains of the revolution" after the army announced on Thursday the isolation and arrest of President Omar al-Bashir under the weight of protests since 19 December.