The Arab Summit: Calls Regarding Sudan War

Sudan Events – Report

The Arab League summit was held on Thursday in the Bahraini capital, Manama. The war in Sudan, which broke out more than a year ago, was present on the summit’s agenda. In the speeches delivered during the summit session, the Arab summit explicitly called for a ceasefire and engaging in negotiations between the Sudanese armyand the Rapid Support Militia (RSF).
Live dialogue
The Chairman of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki, said that there is an “urgent necessity” for direct dialogue between the Sudanese army and the RSF, “independent of foreign interference,” as he put it.
Resolving the crisis
The announcement of the Arab League summit in Bahrain called on the Sudanese army and the RSF to engage directly in initiatives to resolve the crisis. He also called for adherence to the Jeddah Agreement to reach a ceasefire in Sudan.
The Arab Summit expressed solidarity with Sudan in preserving its sovereignty, independence, and territorial integrity and preserving the Sudanese state institutions, at the forefront of which are the armed forces. It called on Arab leaders to commit to implementing the Jeddah Declaration in order to reach a ceasefire that would guarantee the opening of humanitarian relief paths and the protection of civilians.
The Arab Summit urged the Sudanese government and the RSF Militia to engage seriously and effectively with initiatives to resolve the crisis, including the Jeddah Platform, neighboring countries and others, in order to end the ongoing conflict, restore security and stability in Sudan, and end the plight of the Sudanese people.
Silencing the guns

Musa Faki said during a speech he delivered at the opening of the Arab Summit in the Bahraini capital, Manama, on Thursday, that the dialogue must be direct between the Sudanese army and the RSF Militia to silence the guns in Sudan.
The President of the Sovereign Council, Lieutenant General Abdul Fattah Al-Burhan, did not participate in the Arab Summit, and Sudan’s participation in the Arab Summit was limited to the Acing Foreign Minister, Awad Hussein Ali.
Reviving negotiations
Sudanese Foreign Minister Awad Hussein Ali confirmed the government’s agreement to go to the Jeddah negotiations, in statements on the sidelines of his participation in the summit, which began with a meeting of Arab foreign ministers on Tuesday.
On the other hand, Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal Bin Farhan said that his country, along with the United States of America, looks forward to reviving negotiations between the Sudanese army and the RSF Militia to stop the war in Sudan. During the Arab Summit, he expressed Saudi Arabia’s concern about the recent military escalation in Sudan.
On the table of the Arab Summit is the Palestinian issue and the Sudanese file, after a year of war between the army and the RSF Militia, in addition to peace issues in the Middle East. Diplomats say that the summit is being held in light of a critical situation facing the Arab region, especially the ongoing war in Sudan and the Palestinian issue.