The High Council of Beja Nazirs and Independent Chieftains faction led by Ibrahim Adarob told Radio Dabanga that it was invited by the Trilateral Mechanism to participate in the upcoming Final Agreement negotiations but refused after not being included in the previous stages.
Disputes within the High Council of Beja Nazirs and Independent Chieftains seem to have led to a definite split as a group opposed to its chairperson Sayed Tirik announced the formation of committees to prepare for the right to self-determination.