KHARTOUM, Sudan
US Senior Adviser for Arab and African Affairs Mossad Boulos said Saturday that the international Quartet discussed efforts to reach an urgent humanitarian truce in Sudan, and formed a joint committee to coordinate on the country’s immediate priorities.
The meeting, held in Washington, D. C., coincided with Sudanese Foreign Minister Mohieldin Salem’s visit to the US to discuss bilateral relations and efforts to establish peace in Sudan.
The US hosted the meeting “to advance collective efforts toward peace and stability in Sudan, including efforts for securing an urgent humanitarian truce, achieving a permanent ceasefire, halting external support, and advancing a transition to civilian governance,” Boulos said on US social media company X.
Boulos added that the participating members reaffirmed their commitment to the ministerial statement issued on Sept. 12, and “agreed to establish a Joint Operational Committee to strengthen coordination on urgent priorities.”
“We are united in our commitment to ending the suffering of the Sudanese people,” he concluded.
The Quartet, led by the US, was established in September to achieve a political settlement in Sudan. It also includes Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Egypt.
It called last month for an initial three-month humanitarian truce in Sudan to enable the delivery of emergency aid to all areas, as a step toward a permanent ceasefire.
The Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have been fighting since April 2023, which has killed more than 20,000 people and displaced 14 million, according to the UN and local authorities. Research from US universities, however, estimates the death toll at around 130,000.
