July 22 (EUROPA PRESS) –
Sudan’s Foreign Minister, Ali Sadiq, has ruled out any possibility of an imminent new truce with the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), amid rumors of a possible rapprochement in recent days in the Saudi city of Jeddah.
“Any information about a truce is inaccurate and does not represent the current situation,” the minister said in comments to the official Sudanese news agency, SUNA.
In fact, the Sudanese government has regretted that “indirect negotiations” in the Saudi city “have begun with reluctance on the part of the rebels”, according to the minister, who assures that any type of truce will depend on the RSF’s commitment to the cessation of hostilities and looting by paramilitaries.
On the other hand, the paramilitaries have accused the Sudanese Army of new “indiscriminate bombing of residential areas” in recent hours, as well as “the use of heavy artillery, without taking into account human rights standards, basic notions of humanity and International Humanitarian Law,” according to a statement posted on their Twitter account.
Likewise, the RSF have announced in the last few hours the arrival of a team from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and an engineering team at the North Khartoum water plant, a city practically annexed to the capital, which has been out of service almost since the start of hostilities, on April 15.
“These efforts are aimed at alleviating the suffering of Bahri residents facing water shortages,” the paramilitaries added.
