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PORT SUDAN. – The chairman of Sudan’s Transitional Sovereign Council Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan has said there would be no negotiations or ceasefire until the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) is defeated.
Al-Burhan, also the general commander of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), made the remarks on Wednesday when addressing an army force in the River Nile state in northern Sudan, the sovereign council said in a statement.
“There will be no negotiations, no peace, and no ceasefire except after defeating this rebellion… so this country can live in peace,” Al-Burhan said.
His remarks came a day after violent battles between the SAF and the RSF in North Kordofan state.
On Tuesday, the SAF announced on its Facebook page that the army’s Fifth Infantry Division achieved victories in El Obeid, the capital city of North Kordofan state.
However, the RSF on Wednesday said in a statement that it had repelled an attack by the SAF in North Kordofan state.
A slew of peace initiatives have been put forward to end the armed conflict in Sudan, including by the African Union, the Intergovernmental Authority on Development, an East African bloc, Saudi Arabia, and the United States, but all have so far failed. – Xinhua
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