Egyptian Foreign Minister, Badr Abdelatty has chaired the fifth meeting of the Consultative Mechanism to enhance coordination for peace efforts in Sudan, hosting a wide array of international and regional delegations in Cairo.
During his opening remarks, Abdelatty emphasized that the Sudanese crisis demands sincere international and regional cooperation to stop the ongoing bloodshed.
He warned that the current phase poses grave risks to regional peace and security, particularly for neighbouring countries, the Horn of Africa, and the Red Sea region.
The high-level gathering included Ramtane Lamamra, the Personal Envoy of the UN Secretary-General for Sudan, and Djibouti’s Foreign Minister Mahmoud Ali Youssouf.
Also in attendance were Massad Boulos, Senior advisor to the US President, UAE Minister of State Sheikh Shakhbout bin Nahyan Al Nahyan, and Saudi Deputy Foreign Minister Walid Al-Khuraiji.
Representatives from Germany, Turkey, Norway, Qatar, the United Kingdom, China, Russia, France, Iraq, and Angola participated, alongside officials from the European Union, the Arab League, the African Union, and IGAD.
Egypt, the United Nations and the United States called for the warring parties to agree to a nationwide humanitarian truce, as the war between the army and its rival paramilitary nears the three-year mark.
Abdelatty reaffirmed Egypt’s full solidarity with the Sudanese people. He called on the international community and global donors to fulfil their financial pledges to address the worsening humanitarian catastrophe.
Participating delegations iterated the same stance, stressing the need to protect civilians and facilitate the delivery of aid without obstacles.
The attendees reached consensus in support of a political process that meets the aspirations of the Sudanese people for security and stability while maintaining the country’s unity.
The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, or RSF, and the military have been at war since April 2023. The conflict that has seen multiple atrocities and pushed Sudan into one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises.
The United States has accused the RSF of committing genocide in Darfur during the war, and rights groups said that the paramilitary group committed war crimes during the siege and takeover of el-Fasher, as well as in the capture of other cities in Darfur. The military has also been accused of human rights violations.
Egypt Rejects Sudan’s Collapse
Egyptian Foreign Minister, Badr Abdelatty told reporters that Egypt wouldn’t accept the collapse of Sudan or its institutions, or any attempt to undermine its unity or divide its territory, describing such scenarios as “red lines.”
Abdelatty said during a joint news conference with Ramtane Lamamra, on the sidelines of the fifth meeting of the Consultative Mechanism to Enhance and Coordinate Peace Efforts that Egypt won’t stand idly and won’t hesitate to take the necessary measures to help preserve Sudan’s unity.
″There is absolutely no room for recognizing parallel entities or any militias. Under no circumstances can we equate Sudanese state institutions, including the Sudanese army, with any other militias.”
Badr Abdelatty
Lamamra, the UN Secretary‑General’s personal envoy for Sudan said that the fifth such meeting demonstrated that diplomacy remains a viable path toward peace.
US and key mediators Saudi Arabia, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates, known as the Quad, proposed a humanitarian truce, which both sides reportedly agreed to, but the conflict has persisted.
Although repeated attempts at peace talks have failed to end the war, Abdelatty said that there’s a regional agreement to secure an immediate humanitarian truce, including certain withdrawals and the establishment of safe humanitarian corridors.
Meanwhile, Massad Boulos, the US Senior Adviser for Arab and African Affairs, said that more than 1.3 metric tons of humanitarian supplies entered el-Fasher, the capital of North Darfur, today, with the help of American-led negotiations, marking the first such delivery since the city was besieged 18 months ago.
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