Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, the commander of the Sudanese army and the de facto ruler of the country, announced at the conclusion of an official visit to Riyadh—undertaken at the invitation of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman—that he is ready to work with U.S. President Donald Trump to end the war in Sudan.
A Sudanese government source explained that al-Burhan’s official visit to Riyadh aimed to discuss the initiative proposed by the Saudi Crown Prince during his recent official visit to Washington, where he presented it to the U.S. president as a means to end the conflict in Sudan.
The same government source confirmed that the Sudanese army commander, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, expressed his readiness to cooperate with President Donald Trump to stop the ongoing war in Sudan.
In a statement from the Foreign Ministry aligned with the army, it was noted that al-Burhan, at the conclusion of his official visit to Riyadh, emphasized “Sudan’s keenness to work with President Trump, his Secretary of State (Marco Rubio), and his envoy for peace in Sudan (Mossad Bolus)” in “the efforts to achieve peace and end the war.”
The Sudanese government source reiterated that al-Burhan’s visit to Riyadh centered on the Saudi Crown Prince’s peace initiative, discussed during his meeting with the U.S. president in Washington, to bring an end to the conflict in Sudan.
Peace talks led by the United States, along with the other members of the Quad for Sudan mediation—Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates—have stalled after al-Burhan rejected the latest ceasefire proposal presented by Bolus, without providing reasons for his decision.
Previously, al-Burhan had described the Quad as “not neutral,” accusing the U.S. envoy of echoing the positions of the United Arab Emirates, which has been accused of supplying weapons to the Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
For its part, Abu Dhabi has consistently denied providing the RSF with weapons, manpower, or fuel, despite international reports and independent investigations pointing to evidence of such support.
Signs of a Potential Ceasefire
The RSF announced its acceptance of the proposed ceasefire, though fighting has not stopped on the ground, particularly in the Kordofan region, where intense battles continue as civilians face famine across multiple areas.
No new dates have been set for the resumption of negotiations, either by the Quad mediators or the United Nations, which is simultaneously attempting to organize talks between the warring sides.
The ongoing war, which erupted in April 2023 between the army—controlling northern and eastern Sudan—and the RSF, dominant in the west and parts of the south, has resulted in tens of thousands of deaths, millions displaced, and what the United Nations describes as “the world’s worst humanitarian crisis.”
Following the fall of the Sudanese army’s last stronghold in the vast western Darfur region, fighting intensified in neighboring Kordofan—a fertile, oil- and gold-rich southern region that serves as a critical supply line and strategic military corridor.
Source: France 24 / AFP / Reuters
