Senior US official calls on Sudan's warring parties to 'immediately' accept humanitarian truce
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - A senior US official has called on parties to the conflict in Sudan to “immediately" agree to and implement the proposed humanitarian truce.
“The suffering of civilians has reached catastrophic levels, with millions lacking food, water, and medical care. Every day of continued fighting costs more innocent lives,” Massad Boulos, US senior adviser for Arab and African Affairs, said in a post on X.
He said "a strong text" for a truce has been put forward, with the hope that both sides – the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and Rapid Support Forces (RSF) – will “commit swiftly and without political or military posturing that will cost more lives”.
The RSF announced last week that it has agreed to the humanitarian truce proposed by the Quad countries working to end the bloody war in the East African country – US, UAE, Saudi Arabia and Egypt – “in response to the aspirations and interests of the Sudanese people”.
A statement posted last Thursday by the Office of the Official Spokesperson of the RSF said the humanitarian truce is in order to address the “catastrophic humanitarian consequences of the war and to enhance the protection of civilians”.
This will be through the completion of the provisions of the humanitarian truce agreement to ensure the urgent delivery of such assistance to all Sudanese people.
“The Rapid Support Forces also looks forward to implementing the agreement and immediately commencing discussions on the arrangements for a cessation of hostilities and the fundamental principles guiding the political process in Sudan, in a manner that addresses the root causes of the conflicts, ends the suffering of the Sudanese people, and creates the appropriate environment for a just, comprehensive, and lasting peace through the full commitment of all parties involved.”
The RSF expressed its deep gratitude and appreciation for “the sincere and intensive efforts exerted by the Quad countries, led by the United States of America, to reach a humanitarian truce and to stop this devastating war ongoing in Sudan”.
The humanitarian catastrophe has worsened since the RSF captured El Fasher from the rival Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) after months of besieging the city.
The RSF faces accusations of committing war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide, including recent atrocities reported in El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur state.
UN agencies have been stepping up relief operations to help civilians fleeing the escalating violence in Sudan’s North Darfur state, where fighting has triggered widespread abuses and mass displacement.
Sudan’s media outlet, Sudan Tribune, last week reported that Army chief, Lt. Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, pledged to “secure” the country’s borders and “eliminate” RSF.
He also renewed accusations that unnamed countries were supporting the paramilitary group in the war that broke out on 15 April, 2023, resulting in thousands of deaths, injuries and displacement of millions of civilians internally and abroad.
Gen. al-Burhan, speaking in Omdurman to a mobile command operations centre, which included allied armed movement leaders, said the armed forces are “moving forward in defeating the enemy and securing the Sudanese state to its furthest borders”.
“This battle is the battle of the Sudanese people, and the people who fight will not be defeated or broken,” he said, stressing that the “onslaught supported by countries of oppression and arrogance” would soon be broken.
In another reaction from the Sudanese government to the Quad truce proposals, Foreign Minister Muhieldin Salim said that the government “does not deal officially” with the Quad mechanism.
Sudan Tribune quoted Salim as saying: “We deal with our brothers in Egypt and Saudi Arabia, and with friends in the United States in bilateral capacities… and we coordinate with them as happened in our coordination (today) with Egypt and the United Nations.”
The Sudanese government objects to the presence of the UAE in the Quad mechanism. It accuses Abu Dhabi of supporting the RSF in the war and says the UAE should not play the role of mediator while it is fuelling the conflict by supporting the paramilitary group.
The Sudanese minister’s statements regarding the Quad came after a joint tripartite meeting held in Port Sudan on Tuesday, which included Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty and UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Tom Fletcher.
The tripartite meeting focused on the need for the international community to fulfill its humanitarian responsibilities in Sudan.
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