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US on Sudan Crisis: Mediation only if truce is respected

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US on Sudan Crisis: Mediation only if truce is respected

USA announced today that they remain committed to mediating Sudanbut on the condition that the two camps involved in the conflict take seriously the question of a truce, after one of the parties, namely the regular army, refuses to negotiate.

“As soon as the powers clearly demonstrate through their actions that they are serious about maintaining the ceasefire, the United States and the Kingdom Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia intends to resume negotiations, which were suspended, in order to find a negotiated solution to the conflict,” a US State Department spokesman said during the US Secretary of State’s visit. Anthony Blinken in Oslo.

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Army led by a general Abdel Fatah All Burkhanyesterday fired from heavy artillery at the bases of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (FSR) general Mohammed Hamdan Douglas in the southern and northern parts of the capital, residents of Khartoum reported in AFP.

Negotiations broke down

Earlier, the army announced its withdrawal from negotiations that had been going on for almost a month under the auspices of the United States and Saudi Arabia Arabia in Jeddah on a ceasefire designed to open escape routes for civilians and relief corridors.
The war in Sudan, entering its 48th day, has already claimed the lives of more than 1,800 people. mco AKLED and the displacement of over a million residents, mostly Sudanese but also refugees in the country.

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Photo by AP/ Marwan Ali

On the verge of starvation

The situation is becoming more critical every day: the country is on the verge of widespread famine, according to the UN, the rainy season is approaching along with the risk of epidemics.

A spokesman for the US State Department said that during the conflict, both sides committed “serious violations of the ceasefire.”
“These violations have forced us, as the organizers of these negotiations, to seriously consider whether the parties are ready to take the necessary steps to fulfill the obligations they have assumed on behalf of the Sudanese people,” he said.

According to APE – BEE, AFP

Author: newsroom

Source: Kathimerini

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