Leaders of the two sides find it difficult to meet, Saudi Arabia promotes reconstruction initiative

Amid the ongoing conflict and confrontation, Sudan's military commander, General Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, has not been able to contact the commander of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), General Mohamed Hamdane Dagalo.

Commander of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), General Mohamed Hamdane Dagalo (left) and Commander-in-Chief of the Sudanese Army, General Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan. (Source: CNN)

On June 13, in response to a statement from the Intergovernmental Authority on East African Development (IGAD), a Sudanese official said that General Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan has not yet been able to contact the commander of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), General Mohamed Hamdane Dagalo. According to the source, both sides still regard each other as criminals and have repeatedly accused the other of violating many ceasefire agreements.

Earlier, at a summit held in Djibouti on June 12, IGAD announced that it would expand the number of countries tasked with resolving the Sudan crisis, with Kenya hosting a four-nation summit with Ethiopia, Somalia and South Sudan to find a solution to the current conflict in Sudan. According to a draft communique of the summit released by Kenyan President William Ruto, the leaders of the four countries will try to arrange a “face-to-face meeting” between General Al-Burhan and General Dagalo in one of the regional capitals.

Also on June 13, the Saudi Foreign Ministry said that the country, along with its partners including Qatar, Egypt, Germany and the European Union (EU), as well as United Nations (UN) agencies, will hold a donor conference for Sudan on June 19. As of the end of May, the UN's appeal for $2.6 million in aid to resolve the crisis in Sudan had only reached 13%.

Saudi Arabia and the United States have been mediating the eight-week conflict between Sudanese troops and the RSF. Riyadh has also spearheaded the evacuation of thousands of foreigners from the northeast African country since the start of the conflict.

According to the UN, recent fighting in the northeastern African country has left more than half of the population of about 25 million people in need of aid and protection. In addition, the UN recorded nearly 2 million people displaced, of whom 476,000 sought refuge in neighboring countries. Meanwhile, statistics from the non-profit organization "Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project" (ACLED) show that since the outbreak of fighting in Sudan, about 1,800 people have been killed.

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