Egypt’s top diplomat met with Sudan’s military leader Tuesday in a renewed push to advance a ceasefire plan, as the war-torn nation faces a catastrophic humanitarian situation following the paramilitary capture of a key Darfur city.
Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty met with Gen. Abdel-Fattah Burhan in Port Sudan, reiterating Cairo’s condemnation of atrocities in el-Fasher and stressing the “need to commit to the peace plan” announced in September by a quartet including the US, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the UAE.
The proposed plan envisions a three-month humanitarian truce followed by a nine-month political process to resolve the conflict that has killed at least 40,000 people and displaced 12 million.