Sudan's Foreign Ministry on Tuesday denounced “as unjust” the European Council (EC) decision to impose sanctions on three companies affiliated with the Sudanese Army Forces (SAF). On Monday, the EC had imposed sanctions on six companies for their involvement in financing and arming the warring Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). The EC said the six entities were responsible for “supporting activities undermining the stability and political transition of Sudan.”
A meeting between Sudan’s army commander Abdul Fattah al-Burhan and Rapid Support Forces (RSF) leader Mohamed Hamdan “Hemedti” Daglo appears less and less likely in wake of the latest developments in the country. The Sudanese people have pinned hopes that a direct meeting between them would help end the conflict between the military and RSF that erupted in mid-April.
Sudanese army commander General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and General Mohamed Hamdan “Hemedti” Daglo, commander of Rapid Support Forces (RSF), are expected to meet in the coming days in a regional capital, according to sources. Addressing officers at a military base in the Red Sea, Burhan announced Thursday that he had agreed to engage in negotiations to resolve Sudan’s monthslong conflict. He expressed readiness to negotiate with the “militia” - a reference to the RSF. He added that he rejects any peace deal that humiliates the armed forces and Sudanese people.