Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces said on Friday that they fully support international mediation efforts aimed at ending the country’s conflict, while blaming remnants of the former regime and extremists for sparking the war.
In a statement, the RSF thanked US President Donald Trump and the Quad countries − the US, the UAE, Egypt and Saudi Arabia − for their “valued efforts and goodwill” in seeking a resolution to the fighting, which the paramilitary group described as a war “imposed upon us”.
This week, Mr Trump said he would work to help bring an end to the war in Sudan, after he was asked to do so by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
“His majesty would like me to do something very powerful having to do with Sudan,” said Mr Trump at a Saudi investment conference in Washington.
Sudan's army chief Gen Abdel Fattah Al Burhan hailed President Trump's declared intention to work towards ending the civil war, but refrained from saying he would accept a truce, after he had pledged to continue fighting.
The RSF announced “our full and serious engagement” with mediation initiatives, adding that the main obstacle to peace is “the gang controlling the armed forces’ decision-making”. It identified this as former regime elements and leaders of the “terrorist Muslim Brotherhood organisation”.
The paramilit
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