Washington, May 10 (EFE).- The United States admitted on Wednesday the difficulty of finding a solution to the conflict in Sudan and stressed that, although the process must include as many voices as possible, it is difficult to involve the civilian population while it lasts. the violence.
“We and our partners continue to make it clear to the opposing parties led by the two generals that there can be no military solution to this crisis and that negotiations are the only way,” the Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs told the Senate Foreign Committee. Political Affairs, Victoria Nuland.
Sudan has been plunged into a humanitarian catastrophe since the fighting that began on April 25 between the Army and the Rapid Support Forces (FAR) paramilitary group, led respectively by General Abdelfatah al Burhan and Commander Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo “Hemedti”.
The indirect dialogue undertaken between the two parties in Jeddah last Saturday thanks to the mediation of Saudi Arabia and the United States, and in which the UN also participates, has as its main objective to achieve a ceasefire that allows the flow of aid.
A ceasefire, according to Nuland, “long enough to allow the constant delivery of much-needed services.”
“This morning I spoke with our negotiators, who are cautiously optimistic. If this stage is successful, it would lead to extended talks with local, regional and international interlocutors towards a permanent cessation of hostilities and then a return to civilian rule,” he said.
The state representative made it clear, however, that “until the violence stops and help can arrive, a process in which civilians participate cannot be restored.”
“Sudan has enormous potential, but it has been weighed down by decades of authoritarianism, economic turmoil and civil war,” Nuland said, while Democratic Senator Chris Coons insisted that ways must be found to engage not only regional actors, but also the Sudanese population itself.
The assistant administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Sarah Charles, admitted that Washington’s ability to maintain “robust” support for the country is a challenge.
“Even before this crisis, Sudan was one of the most vulnerable countries in the world to Russia’s war against Ukraine due to its reliance on imports. We had already tried to expand our systems in Sudan. It was already going to be difficult to sustain that this year, ”he maintained.
The UN World Food Program (WFP) highlighted this Wednesday that the armed conflict unleashed in Sudan could bring acute food insecurity in the country to record levels, with more than 19 million people affected, two fifths of its population.
