Cairo (EFE).- The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of South Sudan announced today that the leader of the Sudanese Army, Abdelfatah al Burhan, and the commander of the paramilitary group Rapid Support Forces (FAR), have reached a seven days, from May 4 to 11, which would be the longest humanitarian pause since the conflict began on April 15.
“The president of the Sudanese Sovereign Council and leader of the Armed Forces, Abdelfatah al Burhan, and the leader of the Rapid Support Forces, Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, have reached an agreement in principle for a seven-day truce, from 4 to 11 May”, according to a statement from the South Sudanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs published on its official Facebook account.
A new 72-hour truce ends tomorrow, the third in a row, to allow the evacuations of foreigners and Sudanese fleeing the fighting in Khartoum and in other areas of the country, such as the conflictive region of Darfur.
South Sudanese President Salva Kiir, who is leading the mediation of members of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) – an East African economic bloc – urged Sudanese leaders to “name representatives and propose a date for Start talks as soon as possible.”
A truce without “direct” negotiations in Sudan
The South Sudanese government has obtained “the consent of the two parties to the conflict to name their representatives for the peace talks and that they will take place in the place they propose,” the lengthy statement noted.
The special envoy of the UN mission in Sudan, Volker Perthes, has affirmed in interviews in different media that the parties in conflict have agreed to go to negotiations, which could be carried out in Saudi Arabia or in South Sudan, but without the two main leaders of both sides meeting face to face.
For his part, Al Burhan’s envoy, Dafa Allah al Haj Ali, said today in Cairo at a press conference that there will be no “direct” negotiations with the FAR, which he called “terrorists.”
At least 528 people have been killed and more than 4,500 injured since the fighting began, according to the latest count by Sudan’s Health Ministry.
The UN estimates that up to 800,000 civilians may flee Sudan and seek protection in a neighboring country in the coming weeks, as the country plunges into a new armed conflict that in two weeks has already forced more than 100,000 refugees to flee for save the life.
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