Port Sudan (TDI): Sudan’s army chief has welcomed a Turkish offer to resolve the fierce 20-month conflict between his forces and their paramilitary rivals, the Sudanese foreign minister said.
In early December, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said in a phone conversation with Sudan’s Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan that Turkiye could help establish “peace and stability” in the war-hit African country.
At a meeting in Port Sudan, Burhan asked Turkiye’s deputy foreign minister Burhanettin Duran to “deliver the Sudanese leadership’s welcoming of the initiative” to President Erdogan, Sudanese foreign minister Ali Youssef said in a briefing after the meeting.
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Youssef stated, “Sudan needs brothers and friends like Turkiye,” adding that “the initiative can lead to establishing peace in Sudan.”
Erdogan said in his December call with Burhan that Ankara “could step in to resolve conflicts” and prevent Sudan from “becoming an area of external interventions,” Turkish presidency said in a statement.
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Following his meeting with Burhan, Turkiye’s Duran said that the peace process “involves concerted efforts,” and that his country was ready to play a “role in rallying other regional actors to help overcoming the problems in ending this conflict.”
UAE Welcomes Turkiye’s Diplomatic Efforts
In a statement last week, the UAE welcomed “diplomatic efforts” by Ankara to “resolve the crisis in Sudan.”
“The UAE is fully prepared to cooperate and coordinate with the Ankara’s efforts and all diplomatic initiatives to end the dispute in Sudan and find a comprehensive solution to the crisis,” its foreign ministry said.
The war in Sudan, which has pitted Burhan against his ex-deputy and RSF chief Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, has killed tens of thousands of Sudanese and uprooted 12 million more.
It has also pushed the nation to the brink of famine, with analysts warning involvement from other nations will only prolong the suffering.
