The United States urges the parties to the conflict, the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Reaction Force (RSF), to immediately and fully respect the ceasefire, which took effect at midnight local time. This was announced by Secretary of State Anthony Blinken on Monday, noting that the agreement was reached after intense negotiations that have continued for the past 48 hours.
“To support a lasting cessation of hostilities, the United States will coordinate with regional and international partners and Sudanese civilian stakeholders to help establish a committee to oversee the negotiations, conclusion, and implementation of a cessation permanent hostilities and humanitarian agreements in Sudan,” Blinken said. said in a statement.
Earlier Monday, White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan told reporters that US citizens evacuating the country had already begun arriving in Port Sudan, Sudan’s only seaport. The United States, according to Sullivan, is doing everything to help Americans in the evacuation process.
The representative of the National Security Council pointed out that the United States does not plan to deploy peacekeeping troops to Sudan.
The US military evacuated US diplomatic personnel to Khartoum over the weekend and suspended the embassy. Sullivan said Washington would like to resume diplomatic operations as soon as it is safe to do so.
Thousands of Americans living in Sudan, many of whom have dual citizenship, have been told to seek refuge in a safe place.
“We would like to help as many Americans as possible get out,” Sullivan said, adding that the best way to do that would be to evacuate by land.
On Monday, a 65-vehicle convoy carrying hundreds of people, including dozens of children, as well as diplomats and aid workers, left the capital Khartoum for Port Sudan, Reuters reported. The capital and the port on the Red Sea are separated by 800 km, the journey takes 35 hours.
At least 427 people have died following armed clashes between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary group of the Rapid Reaction Force, which began on April 15.
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has warned that violence in the country, which borders the Horn of Africa and the Sahel, “risks a catastrophic conflagration…which could engulf the entire region and countries in the -of the”.
He called on the 15 members of the UN Security Council to use their influence to put Sudan back on the path of democratic change after the 2021 military coup that followed the fall of the authoritarian regime of Omar el – Bashir in a popular uprising.
“We must all do everything in our power to pull Sudan out of the abyss… We stand with them in these terrible times,” said António Guterres, adding that he had authorized the temporary relocation of some staff members of the United Nations and their families.
On Tuesday, the UN Security Council will meet on the situation in Sudan.
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