US says Sudan peace talks to proceed, while UN warns of ‘breaking point’
Al Jazeera
US envoy says talks to end the 15-month war will launch in Geneva on Wednesday, even if Sudan’s army does not attend.
Talks to end Sudan’s 15-month war between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) will move forward in Geneva this week, United States Special Envoy Tom Perriello has said, as the United Nations warns of a “cataclysmic breaking point” in Sudan.
The US last month invited Sudan’s warring sides to hold ceasefire talks in Switzerland, more than a year after fighting broke out between the army and the RSF.
While the RSF has agreed to US-mediated talks, Sudan’s army leader General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan had said the military will not join talks.
“We will not retreat, we will not surrender and we will not negotiate,” al-Burhan told troops at the time.
Al Jazeera’s Hiba Morgan, reporting from Khartoum on Monday, said the talks will start on Wednesday regardless of whether the Sudanese army attends or not.
