Is the Quartet Legitimizing the Partition of Sudan?

By Dr. Salah Al-Bandar

Today, July 20, marks the most critical round of diplomacy since the beginning of the war— a high-level meeting of the Quartet (the U.S., UAE, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt). The declared agenda: ending the war. Meanwhile, on August 20, the UK Ministry of Defence, in coordination with NATO, will hold a secret meeting in London.

The reality?
A public negotiation over Sudan’s future between militia backers and those eager to divide the spoils—alongside covert moves to prepare NATO forces to enforce a partition plan.

★ We are now in the “repackaging” phase of the project. After their mercenaries failed on the battlefield, the UAE is now trying to impose them politically—at a table laced with promises and dollars. Meanwhile, the U.S., following Trump-era thinking and chasing Nobel Prizes and deals soaked in the blood of our people, wants a “quick peace” at any cost… even if that cost is the partition of Sudan or legitimizing a militia that committed genocide.

The outlines of the American plan:

An immediate ceasefire (without accountability or disarmament of the militia).

A direct meeting between Burhan and Hemedti under the guise of a “political solution.”

A new transitional authority based on forced power balances to appease militia allies.

Gradual integration of the RSF in exchange for lifting sanctions and funding reconstruction.

Imposing a regional reality through a “fabricated consensus” within the Quartet.

But let’s be clear:

Who is behind this project?

UAE: The spearhead of partition and the official financier of genocide.

Egypt: Seeking security and economic gains, worried about the Renaissance Dam and the spread of chaos to its borders.

Saudi Arabia: Hesitant, caught between regional caution and ambitions for leadership and Red Sea security.

United States: Not seeking a just solution, but a “truce” to serve its interests and keep Russia, China, and Iran at bay.

The most urgent warning:
If the Sudanese government does not begin now with:

A strong, professional diplomatic message to block militia legitimization

Smart alliances and strategic movements

An intensive media campaign exposing the project before it is born

And a courageous foreign minister skilled in managing international conflict…

Then the next round may be imposed on us as a fait accompli, along with a hijacked authority—sponsored by those who funded bloodshed and shielded war crimes beneath conference halls.

Important reminder:
Those who failed to implement the Jeddah Agreement and the Manama annex early in the war, and later failed in the Geneva plot, are now trying to pass the “UAE project” as a peace solution from Washington. But this is no innocent negotiation—this is the final political bullet in the gun of defeated mercenaries.

So what is needed?

Expose every detail of the project to public opinion

Embarrass the Quartet before the international community

Firmly reject any settlement that rewards war criminals

Demand an international investigation into the UAE’s support for genocide

We are not facing a peace mediation—this is a partition conspiracy.
Whoever fails to prepare their diplomatic battle with intelligence and agility will have an “Emirati solution” imposed upon them—leaving no homeland, and no dignity.

The battlefield has decided the military outcome.
Now, the Quartet is trying to rescue the militia politically…
Do not give them what they failed to take by force.

Victory to Sudan.