WASHINGTON – Sudan’s Sovereignty Council Chairman and army chief General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan has accepted the latest peace proposal aimed at ending Sudan’s war, U.S. Senior Advisor for Arab and Middle Eastern Affairs Massad Boulos said.
Boulos said he was “extremely pleased” to hear Sudan’s representative confirm that Burhan had accepted, rather than rejected, the latest proposal.
He said the initiative was developed recently through close consultations with Sudan’s foreign minister and other members of the Sovereignty Council, in coordination with Egypt and with the support of Saudi Arabia.
Boulos said the United States and its partners were ready to announce and advance the initiative, as diplomatic efforts continue to seek a halt to the war between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
The U.S. official said Washington’s only interest was to help end what he described as the world’s largest humanitarian crisis, adding that the United States had provided more than $3 billion in humanitarian assistance since the outbreak of the conflict, making it the largest humanitarian donor to the Sudan response.
He said the United States remained committed to working with all partners to achieve a durable peace that preserves Sudan’s unity, sovereignty and territorial integrity.
The statement comes amid renewed regional and international efforts to push for a humanitarian truce and revive negotiations, after repeated mediation attempts failed to secure a lasting ceasefire since the war erupted in April 2023.
The conflict has displaced millions of people, devastated large parts of Sudan’s infrastructure and deepened what the United Nations describes as one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises.
