May 5, 2023

Sudan’s army has sent a delegation to the Saudi city of Jeddah for ceasefire talks as part of a joint Saudi and US initiative, the army said in a statement.

The delegation left for Jeddah on Friday evening after both the army and the rival paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) said they will only discuss humanitarian ceasefires and not negotiations on ending the conflict in Sudan.

The army delegation will discuss “details of the truce in the process of being extended” with its paramilitary foes, the Sudanese army said.

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