He Sudan Army and the paramilitary group Rapid Support Forces (RSF) reached an agreement this Saturday for a seven-day humanitarian truce which will enter into force next Monday at 9:45 p.m. local time, as reported by US and Saudi mediators after several failed attempts to make the agreement last. ceasefire. The truce may be extended if the parties so decide.
“Both sides have communicated to the Saudi and American mediators their commitment to not seek military advantage during the 48-hour notice period after the agreement is signed and before the start of the ceasefire,” they said in a statement.
The agreement includes the withdrawal of military forces from hospitals and allow the repair of basic service facilities, as well as the free operation of care centers and the distribution of humanitarian aid. Finally, it plans to facilitate the recovery and burial of the bodies of those killed in combat.
The conversations in jeddah they had previously reached an agreement between the two parties to protect civilians and facilitate the flow of humanitarian assistance even those affected by the conflict. However, previous truce agreements have failed due to violations of which the parties accuse each other.
“It is well known that the parties have previously announced truces that have not been respected”, stressed the United States and Saudi Arabia in the statement. “Unlike previous truces, the agreement reached in Jeddah was signed by the parties and will have the support of the United States and Saudi Arabia as well as the internationally backed ceasefire monitoring mechanism.”
The Surveillance and Coordination Committee will be made up of three representatives each of United States and Saudi Arabia and by three representatives of each of the parties.
Prior to the agreement, the capital of Sudan, Khartoumwas shaken with air strikes and artillery fire, where the Qatari embassy it was looted by armed men.
US calls for “flexibility and leadership”
The US Secretary of State, Anthony Blinkenasked the general this Saturday Abdelfatah al-Burhancommander of the Sudanese Army, “flexibility and leadership” to be able to achieve peace.
His telephone call revolved around the conversations undertaken in jeddah (Saudi Arabia) to achieve a “effective” ceasefire in the short term that facilitates the delivery of humanitarian aid and the restoration of essential services.
“In this step-by-step process, the secretary urged flexibility and leadership,” the State Department spokesman said in a statement. Matthew Miller.
Blinken also reiterated his condemnation of the violence in sudan and stressed that the Jeddah agreement would provide such humanitarian aid and essential services “that the Sudanese people desperately need.”
“The United States is unwavering in its support for the democratic aspirations of the Sudanese people for civilian rule. and a stable and democratic Sudan,” Blinken concluded.
Sudan has been plunged into a humanitarian catastrophe since the fighting that began last year April 25th between the Army and the paramilitary group Rapid Support Forces (RSF), headed respectively by General Al Burhan and the commander Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo “Hemedti”.
(With information from The Associated Press, Europa Press and EFE)
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