Sudan’s Burhan arrives in Saudi Arabia as war rages with paramilitary RSF

No details provided about Burhan’s agenda during his trip to Saudi Arabia

By Hussien Elkabany and Betul Yilmaz

ISTANBUL (AA) – Chairman of Sudan’s Transitional Sovereignty Council Abdel Fattah al-Burhan arrived in Saudi Arabia on Monday for an official visit amid the ongoing war between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).

The Saudi state news agency SPA reported Burhan’s arrival, without giving details about the agenda of his talks in the kingdom.

Saudi Arabia is part of the international Quad mechanism, which also includes the US, Egypt, and the UAE, that proposed a plan in September for a three-month humanitarian truce in Sudan as the first step toward a permanent ceasefire and a nine-month transition leading to an independent civilian government.

The conflict between the Sudanese army and the RSF, which began in April 2023, has since killed thousands of people and displaced millions of others.

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