Biden calls on Sudan's warring parties to re-engage in negotiations

18/9/2024 12:21

        U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday called on Sudan's warring parties to re-engage in negotiations to end a war that has been ongoing for more than 17 months.
        
        "We call for all parties to this conflict to end this violence and refrain from fueling it, for the future of Sudan and for all of the Sudanese people," Biden said in a statement.
        
        "I call on the belligerents responsible for Sudanese suffering—the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF)—to pull back their forces, facilitate unhindered humanitarian access, and re-engage in negotiations to end this war."
        
        More than 12,000 people have been killed across Sudan since the war started on April 15, 2023.
        
        The conflict began when competition between Sudan's army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which had previously shared power after staging a coup, flared into open warfare.