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The Sudanese government announced in an official statement that it will send representatives to Jeddah to consult with the U.S. government, in response to an American invitation to attend negotiations to be held in Geneva to discuss the Sudanese crisis.
This comes at a time when the Chairman of the Sudanese Sovereignty Council, Lieutenant General Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, requested, during a phone call with U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, to hold a bilateral meeting before the start of these negotiations scheduled for August 15.
Informed sources reported that Secretary Blinken agreed to hold the meeting, and suggested that it be held in Switzerland, but Al-Burhan suggested Jeddah as an alternative, given that it was the scene of previous negotiations between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces, which led to the signing of the “Declaration of Principles” agreement.
In a related context, U.S. State Department spokesman Matthew Mueller confirmed that Blinken stressed during the conversation the importance of the Sudanese Armed Forces participating in the Geneva ceasefire negotiations, noting the need to stop the fighting immediately and allow humanitarian aid to reach without obstacles to alleviate the suffering of the Sudanese people.
For his part, Al-Burhan wrote on his account on the “X” platform that he discussed with Blinken, in the presence of members of the Sovereignty Council in the city of Port Sudan, the importance of addressing the concerns of the Sudanese government before starting any negotiations.
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