Sudanese women chant slogans during a demonstration outside the army headquarters in the Sudanese capital Khartoum on April 12, 2019. (Xinhua/AFP)

UNITED NATIONS, April 12 (Xinhua) -- A Sudanese envoy said Friday that transition after the ouster of President Omar al-Bashir requires time and that the international community should not try to push it.

"Any democratic process requires time and that should not be threatened. We do not wish to see the nascent, gradual, democratic process unravel in the name of democracy," Yasir Abdelsalam, charge d'affaires of the Sudanese mission to the United Nations, told the Security Council.

"We, therefore, call on our partners in the international community to support a peaceful transition in the country in a way that would help build on gains and open up the path to stability, development, and prosperity, and allow us to move away from the scourge of violence," he said after the Security Council voted to extend the UN peacekeeping mission for Abyei, a territory contested between Sudan and South Sudan.

"I would like to reaffirm here that what is happening in Sudan is a domestic matter. It is up to the will of the Sudanese people. It is a delicate situation that Sudan is currently facing," said Abdelsalam.

Sudanese Defense Minister Awad Mohamed Ahmed Ibn Auf on Thursday announced the ouster of President al-Bashir.

Ibn Auf, who assumed the chairmanship of a transitional military council and said he would rule the country during a two-year transitional period, stepped down Friday and named Lt. Gen. Abdel-Fattah al-Burhan as his successor.

Abdelsalam said the transitional military council would be "the guarantor of a civilian government." No party will be excluded from the political process, including armed groups, he said.

The suspension of the constitution could be lifted at any point, and the transitional period could be shortened depending on developments on the ground and agreements reached between stakeholders, he said.

Abdelsalam said the military council is responding to the Sudanese people's aspirations for change and works to protect the lives of its citizens, as well as their well-being.

Street protesters in Khartoum who had demanded al-Bashir's departure have continued their protests against the military takeover.