A Saudi-American statement said that the two facilitators are ready to resume the Sudan talks if the two parties adhere to the Jeddah Declaration.
The facilitators announced that the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) demonstrated effective command and control over their forces during the ceasefire period that took place on June 10, 2023, which led to a decrease in the intensity of fighting and its decline throughout Sudan and enabled the delivery of Vital humanitarian aid and the achievement of some confidence-building measures.
However, the two facilitators deeply regretted the return of the two sides to acts of violence immediately after the end of the cease-fire period, and affirmed that the military solution to the conflict is unacceptable, and strongly condemned such acts and called for their immediate cessation.
They affirmed that, within the framework of continuing their standing by the Sudanese people, they are ready to resume the talks as soon as the two parties to the conflict demonstrate their adherence to what they agreed upon in the Jeddah Declaration.
The two facilitators will coordinate with regional and international partners to stop the fighting and reduce its impact on the region, and intensify coordination with the relevant Sudanese civil authorities to ensure their participation in shaping the future of Sudan.
On Sunday, violent clashes with heavy weapons took place in Khartoum, after the end of a one-day truce.
The people of Khartoum woke up to the sounds of renewed artillery shelling and clashes in various parts of the capital, with the end of the truce between the army and the Rapid Support Forces, which provided them, on Saturday, with a calm that they had not experienced since the start of the conflict about two months ago.
Witnesses in Khartoum confirmed hearing “the sounds of shelling and clashes 10 minutes after the end of the truce.” Witnesses pointed to hearing “heavy artillery shelling” in Khartoum and the suburb of Omdurman in the north of the capital, and clashes with “various types of weapons” in the air street in southern Khartoum.
And before that, Al-Arabiya and Al-Hadath correspondent reported that half an hour after the end of the 24-hour truce, loud explosions and clashes were heard in central Khartoum and clashes in the east of the Nile, as well as the sound of artillery strikes in northern Omdurman.
Loss cases
The regional spokeswoman for the International Committee of the Red Cross, Iman Traboulsi, said that the committee’s protection teams in Sudan have been receiving constant calls to report cases of missing and disappearance of members of Sudanese families, since the start of the fighting on April 15.
Traboulsi said in an interview with the BBC that the reports “did not stop and continue with each passing day.”
She explained that the search for the reported missing persons is continuing, but it faces many obstacles in Sudan, the most prominent of which is the continuation of the fighting that hinders the investigation operations, in addition to the scarcity of medical capabilities and resources that impede the identification or recovery of the bodies.
The clashes in Sudan between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces left hundreds dead, wounded and missing, as the conflict claimed more than 1,800 people, according to the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project (ACLED), but the actual number of victims may be much higher, according to relief agencies and international organizations.
