On Saturday, the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement after the talks it participated in regarding Sudan in Switzerland on August 14, which lasted 10 days, indicating that it “regrets that it did not any party involved in these discussions.”
During the period from 14 to 23 August 2024, talks were held in Switzerland on Sudan within the new platform “Allied to Save Lives and Achieve Peace in Sudan” (ALPS), which gives a – into Saudi Arabia, the Emirates, Egypt, the African Union. , the United States, Switzerland, and the United Nations.
The UAE Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs for Political Affairs, head of the UAE delegation to the talks, Lana Nusseibeh, said, “The humanitarian situation in Sudan has passed the point of tolerance. Humanitarian aid is greatly needed, and relief teams must to be able to deliver support to those in need wherever they are.”
She said, according to the statement, “The World Food Program knows how to stop and prevent famine, and our message to all parties is: Let them do their jobs.”
She continued: “Over the past ten years, the UAE has provided more than $3.5 billion in aid to Sudan, including $230 million since the conflict began.
Nusseibeh pointed out that “the working mechanism of the platform in Geneva was based on the Jeddah Agreements, and the UAE joins the other participants in the negotiations in showing appreciation to Saudi Arabia for its leadership role and his continued efforts in this vital file, as well as to the United States for its active diplomacy to alleviate the worst humanitarian crisis facing the international community today.”
A joint report reviews the results of the talks in Geneva to end the crisis in Sudan
The group “Allied to Save Lives and Achieve Peace in Sudan” (ALPS), which includes the United States, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Egypt, the African Union, Switzerland and the United Nations , reviewed in a statement on Friday the results of the meetings that began in Switzerland on August 14 for 10 days.
She said: “We welcome the new format in which we have met over the past 10 days. The focus and collaboration between everyone has led to substantial developments for the benefit of Sudanese people In these talks, practical measures were agreed on humanitarian access and civilian protection.”
She said: “This includes allowing the United Nations to use the Adre border crossing into Sudan, and supporting people suffering from famine in the Zamzam camp and elsewhere in Darfur.
Nusseibeh continued: “Additional commitments have been made to accelerate humanitarian access to those in need. forced disappearance.”
According to Nusseibeh, the UAE has put a special focus on “creating a path within the ALPS platform that aims to bring together the views and integration of Sudanese women’s goals and proposals in all efforts peace and humanitarian efforts. “
She said: “We are committed to continuing our consultations with Sudanese women, promoting their goals and needs, and pressuring the parties to ensure that all civilians, including women and girls, to be protected from violations of international humanitarian law, including sexual violence.”
The UAE’s Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs said she was sorry “that one of the parties chose not to participate in these talks,” adding: “We did not achieve the progress we had hoped for to achieve a complete cessation of hostilities, which would bring an end to the war.
Sudan, led by the head of the army, Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, rejected the invitation to participate in the talks, through the Minister of Finance, Jibril Ibrahim, who wrote on the “X” platform on August 15: “Nature in Sudan people reject threats and fear.”
Nusseibeh said: “We hope that this will be corrected in the future, but we appreciate the innovative diplomacy that allowed the partners to focus on tangible results for the Sudanese people,” ‘notes the commitment of her country’ to support the fraternal people of Sudan in restoring peace. , and in ensuring the delivery of the aid they desperately need.”
On Friday, the group “Allied to Save Lives and Achieve Peace in Sudan” (ALPS) reviewed in a statement the results of the meetings that began in Switzerland on August 14 for 10 days.
The two sides of the war in Sudan agree to provide two safe passages for aid
The army and the Rapid Aid Forces in Sudan agreed to provide two safe passages for humanitarian aid to mitigate the consequences of the war that has been going on between them for about a year and a half, in final statement issued on Friday after talks in Switzerland.
The group said in its joint statement that the people of Sudan suffered from 16 months of terrible war between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces, which led to 10 million people fleeing their homes, more than 25 million people suffer from acute. hunger, and a million people facing famine.
She said that, in response to the demands of the Sudanese people for more action by the international community, the parties that included the organization met in Switzerland “with the aim of taking immediate concrete measures to end the suffering reduce the Sudanese people, save lives. , and to cease hostilities permanently.”
Building on the foundations of the Jeddah Declaration, the group noted that over the past 10 days, it had been able to “reopen and expand vital humanitarian access routes, and received commitments to protect to improve civilian life, especially women and children, as well as to develop a framework to ensure compliance with the Jeddah Declaration and any future agreement between the warring parties.”
The group also received “guarantees from all sides of the conflict to provide safe and unhindered humanitarian access through two main arteries, the western border in Darfur at Adre and the Al-Dabba road with access through the northern and side west of Port Sudan. “
The group welcomed the decision of the Rapid Support Forces to send a high-level delegation to Switzerland to engage with the group, and despite barely communicating with the Sudanese Armed Forces, confirmed that they regret their decision not to attend.
She said that the lack of involvement of the Sudanese army “limited our ability to make more substantial progress on key issues, especially stopping hostilities at the national level.”
The war in Sudan began more than a year ago between the army led by Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and the Rapid Support Forces led by Muhammad Hamdan Dagalo (Hemedti), killing and wounding tens of thousands .
The conflict has forced more than a fifth of the population to be displaced, and some 25 million people, or more than half of Sudan’s population, face “severe food insecurity,” according to a report by aid from the United Nations last June.
