23/8/2024–|Last update: 8/23/202404:46 PM (Makkah Time)
The final statement of the Geneva talks on Sudan confirmed that guarantees were obtained from the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces to provide a safe humanitarian corridor to alleviate the repercussions of the war that has been going on between them for about a year and a half, while the President met… Transitional Sovereignty Council Lieutenant General Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan today, the head of the Egyptian General Intelligence Service, Minister Abbas Kamel.
The mediation countries confirmed in the statement that they had obtained “guarantees from both parties to the conflict to provide safe and unhindered access through two main arteries, namely the western border via the Adre crossing in Darfur, and the Dabba road, which allows access to the north and west from Port Sudan.”
The statement said that food and famine cannot be used as weapons of war, while the US envoy to Sudan called for… Tom Perriello All parties to peace negotiations to stop the war.
Burhan and Kamel meeting
In Khartoum, the Sudanese News Agency said that the meeting between Al-Burhan and the head of the Egyptian General Intelligence Service addressed Sudanese-Egyptian relations and the challenges facing the two brotherly countries, and that it was attended by the Director of the Sudanese General Intelligence Service, Lieutenant General Mohamed Ibrahim Mufaddal.
She added that the Chairman of the Sovereignty Council, during the meeting, appreciated Egypt’s role in supporting Sudan within the framework of the historical and fraternal bilateral relations that bind the two countries and brotherly peoples.
She also mentioned that the head of Egyptian intelligence stressed his country’s keenness on the security and stability of Sudan, and hoped that the page of war would be turned quickly to stop the suffering of the Sudanese citizen.
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On the other hand, the final statement of the Geneva talks on Sudan stressed that food and famine cannot be used as weapons of war.
Cairo consultations
Sudan’s Transitional Sovereignty Council and US envoy Tom Perriello exchanged criticism over their consultative meeting, which was scheduled to be held on Wednesday in the Egyptian capital, Cairo.
While the US envoy said that the postponement of the Sudanese-US consultations “was due to the Sudanese delegation’s violation of the protocol” without giving details, the Sudanese Sovereignty Council said “the meeting was not held due to circumstances related to the US delegation.”
Perriello said – via the X platform – that the Egyptian government had set a date – which he did not mention – to hold a meeting with a government delegation coming from the city of Port Sudan, but we were told that the meeting would be cancelled after the delegation violated the protocols, without providing any further clarifications in this regard.
“We are excited to continue to see the results of our efforts with Egypt and international partners in Geneva to expand humanitarian access and other programs to alleviate the suffering of the Sudanese people,” the US envoy said.
In return, the Transitional Sovereignty Council issued a statement affirming “the Sudanese government’s keenness to achieve security, peace and stability to end the suffering of citizens resulting from repeated violations by the rebel militia (referring to the Rapid Support Forces) against civilians, their property, and their health and social institutions.”
Regarding the Cairo meeting that was not held, the statement said, “The Sudanese government highly appreciates the efforts that Egypt has been making since the outbreak of the war, especially its hosting of the Sudanese, as well as its efforts to achieve peace and its initiative to host the consultative meeting with the United States.”
The statement said that the Sudanese government decided to “send a government delegation to Cairo to meet with the American delegation. Two members of our delegation arrived in Cairo last Monday, and they are still there waiting for the delegation to join them. This is a confirmation of our seriousness and our sincere desire to continue the previous consultations that we initiated with the United States in the city of Jeddah.”
He also pointed out that “these consultations have no relation to what is happening in the Geneva meetings, but they aim to clarify our vision regarding the implementation of the Jeddah Declaration,” stressing that the Sudanese government “will remain keen to respond to what achieves the desires of the Sudanese people and is ready for any consultative rounds that are determined in this framework, with the necessity of prior coordination with us and not imposing a fait accompli unilaterally,” according to his expression.
