Karuizawa, Japan, April 17 US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly today called for a ceasefire in Sudan and a return to dialogue between the parties involved in the conflict.
The heads of diplomacy from Washington and London thus expressed themselves during a bilateral meeting held in Karuizawa, on the sidelines of the meeting of G7 foreign ministers being held in this Japanese city, and in which the resurgence of hostilities is analyzed in Sudan.
“We held very close consultations on the situation in Sudan,” Blinken said, which showed “deep shared concern about the violence and the threat it poses to civilians, to the Sudanese nation and potentially to the region. “.
Washington and London called on all parties involved for “an immediate ceasefire and to resume talks”, as well as to guarantee the protection of civilians.
Cleverly, along the same lines, he reiterated Blinken’s call “for an immediate end to the violence” and a return to dialogue “which seemed to go in the direction of forming a civilian government”, which , according to him, would be “the desired end result”.
The United Kingdom and the United States “will continue to work with their partners in Africa and the Arab world to reinvigorate the movement towards peace and civil democracy”, added the British foreign affairs official.
Blinken and Cleverly also stressed that the two governments are working as a priority to protect their citizens in Sudan through their embassies in Khartoum.
Sudan entered Monday the third consecutive day of clashes, which continue in Khartoum and other parts of the north and west of the country.
Nearly 100 civilians died and 942 others were injured in the first two days of clashes between the Sudanese army and the powerful paramilitary group Rapid Support Forces (FAR), the Central Committee of Doctors reported. Sudanese. ECE
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