News|Sudan war‘No negotiation, no truce’ with RSF, says senior Sudan officialComments come days after PM Kamil Idris presented a plan to end the country’s nearly three-year war.
## Statement from Sudan's Transitional Sovereignty Council
Statement from Sudan's Transitional Sovereignty Council
A senior official from Sudan's Transitional Sovereignty Council (TSC) has confirmed the absence of negotiations with the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), amid ongoing conflict within the country. According to Malik Agar Ayyir, deputy chairman of TSC, “There is no truce and no negotiation with an occupier," as stated on Thursday by the Ministry of Culture, Media and Tourism.
Current Situation and Government Strategy
During discussions with ministers and state officials in Port Sudan, the government emphasized that the conflict is not aimed at achieving "democracy," but rather involves a struggle over resources and demographic changes. This was highlighted as an opportunity to enhance national unity.
Recently, Sudan's Prime Minister Kamil Idris presented a peace plan to the United Nations Security Council, aiming to resolve the country's nearly three-year conflict. This plan aligns with the Sudanese army and government’s stance, requiring RSF fighters to retreat from territories seized in the western and central parts of Sudan. Following withdrawal, the fighters are to be disarmed and reintegrated into society, contingent upon their non-involvement in war crimes.
The RSF has consistently dismissed the notion of relinquishing control over territories. Al-Basha Tibiq, an adviser to RSF commander Mohamed Hamdan “Hemedti” Dagalo, described such proposals as unrealistic.
A senior official from Sudan's Transitional Sovereignty Council (TSC) has confirmed the absence of negotiations with the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), amid ongoing conflict within the country.
The conflict has resulted in the displacement of approximately 14 million individuals. RSF forces continue to consolidate control over captured areas and intensify attacks. Reports from international aid agencies indicate ongoing mass killings, systematic sexual violence, and efforts to conceal war crimes through mass burials and burning of bodies in Darfur.
Following the capture of el-Fasher, the capital of North Darfur state, the RSF announced control over the Abu Qumra region and claimed advancement towards Um Buru. Despite evidence of widespread atrocities, the RSF maintains that their primary mission is to "protect civilians and end the presence of remnants of armed pockets and mercenary movements."
The group also released footage depicting advances towards el-Obeid, a strategic city in North Kordofan state.
Based on reporting by Al Jazeera.
