“Ceasefire Negotiations in Sudan: No Progress Made in Jeddah Talks”

Saudi diplomat says no progress has been made After the Sudan clashes join the negotiating table in Jeddah

AFP news agency reported on May 8, citing a Saudi diplomat: Ceasefire negotiations between parties to the Sudan war in Saudi Arabia so far No significant progress has been made yet. It has dampened hopes that the fighting that has killed more than 500 people will soon end.

General Abdel Fattah al-Berhan, the de facto leader of the armed forces and Head of Sudan’s Interim Sovereign Council and General Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo, head of the Paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), sent a delegation to Jeddah. Saudi Arabia on May 6 to join the talks that Washington and Riyadh said. “Discussions before negotiations”

The Sudanese military has said it will announce how to conduct a truce properly to promote humanitarian work.

“Significant progress has not been made,” said a Saudi diplomat, adding that “the ceasefire agreement has not been mentioned on the negotiating table. fight this time.”

Martin Griffiths, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs arrived in Jeddah on Sunday (May 7) with the intention of meeting with representatives of both sides. Although his role in this process is unclear.

A Griffiths spokesman said the same day: He came to Jeddah to interact with humanitarian issues related to Sudan.

Another UN official said on Monday that Griffiths had asked to join the talks. But his request has not been approved until now.

However, in the previous period Ceasefire agreements have been announced several times in Sudan. Although such action is not effective in controlling the warring faction of both sides seriously. Since the civil war broke out on April 15 in the country’s poor and steeped in history of political conflict,

The fierce fighting has killed hundreds of people. And thousands of residents were injured. The warnings of catastrophic humanitarian crises have been issued several times. There are also more than a hundred thousand people who have already migrated from the country.

Saudi Arabia plays a key role in evacuating people from Sudan. By sending marine and commercial ships to take thousands of civilians across the Red Sea from the coastal city of Port Sudan.

While the Saudi news agency reported that On Sunday (May 7), King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia There is a royal decree to donate 100 million dollars to help Sudan. including medical support and other courtesy for the displaced