Blinken hopes Sudan humanitarian progress brings broader deal

Doha: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken voiced hope Tuesday that an emerging humanitarian agreement in Sudan would build momentum for a broader dea...

Doha: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken voiced hope Tuesday that an emerging humanitarian agreement in Sudan would build momentum for a broader deal to end the country's devastating war.

Blinken said he also consulted on the US-brokered talks on Sudan underway in Switzerland.

"With everything else going on in the world, the worst humanitarian situation in the world right now is in Sudan," Blinken told reporters.

"There are more people in Sudan who are suffering from fighting, from violence, from lack of access to food and basic humanitarian assistance," Blinken said.

The United States said Monday that the talks in Switzerland were finalising ways to open three humanitarian routes for badly needed food, including a critical crossing from Chad.