US, Saudi Arabia call for warring sides in Sudan to extend ‘imperfect’ ceasefire
- In a joint statement early Sunday, the US and Saudi Arabia called for an extension of the current truce which expires at 9:45pm local time on Monday
- The Sudanese army and a rival paramilitary force, battling for control of Sudan since mid-April, agreed last week to the weeklong truce, brokered by the US and the Saudis
The United States and Saudi Arabia called on warring sides in Sudan to extend a ceasefire due to expire on Monday.
The Sudanese army and a rival paramilitary force, battling for control of Sudan since mid-April, had agreed last week to the weeklong truce, brokered by the US and the Saudis. However, the ceasefire, like others before it, did not stop the fighting in the capital of Khartoum and elsewhere in the country.
In a joint statement early Sunday, the US and Saudi Arabia called for an extension of the current truce which expires at 9:45pm local time on Monday.
“While imperfect, an extension nonetheless will facilitate the delivery of urgently needed humanitarian help to the Sudanese people,” the statement said.
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The statement also urged Sudan’s military government and the rival Rapid Support Forces to continue negotiations.
The fighting broke out in mid-April between the military and the powerful RSF. Both military chief General Abdel-Fattah Burhan and RSF leader General Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo led the 2021 coup that removed the Western-backed government of Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok.