KHARTOUM, Auggonzoquestmegaways. 11 (Xinhua) -- The Sudanese government on Sunday announced the end of consultations with the U.S. government on the upcoming peace talks in Geneva without a deal.
"I announce the end of the consultations without agreement on the participation of the Sudanese delegation in the Geneva negotiations," said Mohamed Bashir Abdullah Abu Nammu, the Sudanese minister of minerals and head of the government delegation to the consultations held in the Saudi city of Jeddah during the weekend.
"The matter is ultimately left to the leadership's decision based on its assessments," the minister said in a Facebook post.
There were many details that led to this decision, the Sudanese minister said without giving further information.
The United States had earlier invited the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) for a new round of peace talks on Aug. 14 in Geneva, Switzerland.
The forthcoming talks 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 has been witnessing a deadly conflict between the SAF and the RSF since April 15, 2023, resulting in the loss of at least 16,650 lives. An estimated 10.7 million people are now internally displaced in Sudan, with approximately 2.2 million others seeking refuge in neighboring countries, according to most recent UN data.■