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Blinken: US, Saudi Arabian and UAE consider end to violence in Sudan

WASHINGTON, April 16 – RIA Novosti. US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, along with the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Faisal bin Farhan and Abdullah bin Zeid Al Nahyan, agreed that the conflicting parties in Sudan should immediately cease hostilities without preconditions. aforementioned.

The statement said, “We agreed that the parties should immediately cease hostilities without preconditions. I call on General Abdel Fattah Burhan and General Mohammed Daglo to take active measures to reduce tensions and ensure the safety of all civilians.”

It was noted that the return of the parties to the negotiations is the only way out of this situation.

The statement also emphasizes that the US authorities continue to maintain contact with its embassy in Khartoum and take full responsibility for its staff.

Earlier, Blinken had expressed concern about the situation in Sudan and urged all parties to immediately stop the violence and avoid further escalation.

On Saturday morning, a RIA Novosti correspondent in Sudan reported that clashes broke out between the rapid reaction forces and the regular army in the Sudanese capital of Khartoum. Later, clashes between military forces spread to other parts of Sudan. As Reuters reported, citing the country’s central committee of doctors, 56 people were killed and 596 injured as a result of these clashes.

The Sudanese Emergency Response Force said it had taken control of the Palace of the Republic (presidential palace) in Khartoum, the capital’s international airport, and an airbase in the northern city of Meroe. The SBR accused the regular army of attacking its base in the capital “using all kinds of weapons”.

The Sudanese military said the RRF’s statements were not correct and that all strategic facilities, including the presidential palace, were controlled by the armed forces. The army team also noted that SBR forces attacked them first. The Sudanese army and general security service called the RRF a rebel force and accused them of attacking the government and strategic facilities. Abdel Fattah Burhan, chairman of Sudan’s Transitional Sovereign Council and the country’s Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, issued a decree disbanding the RRF.

UN flag on the territory of the Peace Palace in The Hague - RIA Novosti, 1920, 16.04.2023

UN Security Council urged parties to clash in Sudan to end hostilities

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