JEDDAH: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman held talks with the chair of Sudan’s ruling transitional council on Friday, a day after the Sudanese Armed Forces declared they had regained full control of the war-torn country’s capital, Khartoum.
Gen. Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, who is also the head of the SAF, met the crown prince at Al-Safa Palace in Makkah. They “reviewed the latest developments in the situation in Sudan” and the efforts made “toward achieving security and stability,” the Saudi Press Agency reported. They also discussed opportunities for cooperation between their countries and agreed to establish a coordination council to strengthen ties.
Al-Burhan visited the recaptured presidential palace in Khartoum on Wednesday after his forces recaptured it from rival paramilitary group the Rapid Support Forces, and said the capital was now free of the militia’s fighters. His army confirmed on Thursday that it had cleared Khartoum of the last remaining RSF pockets.
Sudan descended into a civil war between the army and the RSF in April 2023. The RSF initially seized control of the capital and other parts of the country but the SAF regrouped and launched an offensive last year to regain Khartoum.
Saudi Arabia previously brokered several rounds of peace talks in an attempt to end the fighting in Sudan, during which tens of thousands of people have been killed and more than 12 million displaced.
