Sudan: Committed to Our National Sovereignty and Call on Washington to Engage Positively
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The Sudanese government, on Wednesday, affirmed its commitment to its national sovereignty and called on the United States to "engage positively" with it.
The Sudanese Foreign Ministry stated in a statement that the government dealt with Washington's efforts to end the war in the country, within the framework of the Quartet, "with a constructive and responsible spirit, despite its announced and legitimate reservations about one of the parties, given its internationally documented role in fueling the conflict through arming, financing, and recruiting mercenaries," without naming this party.
For months, the United States, within the International Quartet mechanism that also includes Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and the UAE, has been leading efforts to achieve a humanitarian truce in Sudan.
In September 2025, the International Quartet proposed a plan calling for a 3-month humanitarian truce in Sudan, paving the way for a permanent cessation of war, followed by an inclusive transitional process over 9 months, leading to an independent civilian government.
The Sudanese statement added: "The Sudanese government believes that any serious effort to achieve peace cannot ignore external interventions and sources of illegal support for the rebellion (referring to the Rapid Support Forces), which contribute to prolonging the war."
It continued: "Rejecting the statement issued by the US Department of State on September 22, the Sudanese government firmly adheres to its national sovereignty and calls on it to engage positively with the Sudanese government, as stated in its previous statements affirming respect for Sudan and its national sovereignty."
The statement emphasized that the Sudanese government insists that "any peace initiative intended to succeed and be sustainable must be based on respect for Sudan's sovereignty, unity, territorial integrity, and legitimate national institutions, and must address the causes that led to the continuation of the war, primarily negative external intervention."
It added: "Any political or negotiation process must not be used as a means to legitimize a reality created by the rebel force (Rapid Support Forces) or to reward the rebellion for its crimes against civilians, the state, and its legitimate institutions, and to equate it with them."
The Sudanese government reiterated its readiness to engage positively and responsibly with the United States and all regional and international partners, including Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Egypt, Russia, China, Turkey, Pakistan, the Arab League, the African Union, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, IGAD, and the African Group of the Security Council."
On Tuesday, the US Department of State stated in a statement that "neither the Sudanese Armed Forces nor the Rapid Support Forces nor their leaders represent a legitimate and constitutional authority in Sudan."
The US Department of State added in its statement that President Donald Trump "is committed to ending the worst humanitarian crisis in the world: the war in Sudan, and it is unfortunate that both the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces have not shown a serious commitment to an immediate truce, but instead have intensified combat operations."
Earlier on Wednesday, US President's Advisor for Arab and African Affairs, Msaad Bolus, said on his account on the American platform "X" that "the warring parties in Sudan must accept a humanitarian truce, which is the first step towards lasting peace."
Since April 2023, the Rapid Support Forces have been fighting the Sudanese army over a dispute regarding their integration into the military institution, causing famine in one of the worst humanitarian crises in the world, killing tens of thousands of Sudanese and displacing 13 million people.
