The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has said it is ready to participate after the United States invited the warring sides in Sudan to mediated ceasefire talks.
RSF leader Mohammed Hamdan “Hemedti” Dagalo said July 24 that the paramilitary group will participate. The U.S. invited the RSF and Sudanese army to meet for talks in Switzerland on August 14, as efforts to end the conflict mount.
The U.S. announced that the negotiations will be co-hosted by Saudi Arabia and include the African Union, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, and the United Nations as observers.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a statement: “The talks in Switzerland aim to reach a nationwide cessation of violence, enabling humanitarian access to all those in need, and develop a robust monitoring and verification mechanism to ensure implementation of any agreement.”
Sudan’s army, led by Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, has yet to respond to the invitation.
Dagalo said that the invitation to negotiate was “welcome.”
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