The tripartite UN mechanism suspends the Sudanese dialogue after the withdrawal of the army leaders

The tripartite UN mechanism announced the suspension of the dialogue between the military and civilian components in Sudan, and the suspension of the talks that began last June, which it considered useless, two days after the Sudanese army commander-in-chief announced his withdrawal from negotiations with civilians. The mechanism revealed new arrangements that include a better assessment of ways to facilitate a political solution to the Sudanese crisis.

The tripartite mechanism consisting of the United Nations, the African Union, and the East and Central African Development Community (IGAD), said in a message addressed to the Freedom and Change Alliance / National Accord, which is loyal to the military component, that the army is an essential element in the talks, and based on its withdrawal, there will be no point. To continue the talks in their current form, which began with the June 8 meeting.”

The mechanism indicated that, in its next step, it intended to host a general meeting with all coordinating bodies, political parties and the main components, to review the final version of the draft rules of procedure, however, after the Military Committee informed it on the second of this month of the decision to stop continuing to engage with the civilian components at the same time. The current situation, and it prefers to sponsor the political process first, a civil agreement, before any negotiations with the military component.

The mechanism said in a press release: “Without the participation of the army, which is another essential element in the upcoming meetings, there will be no military-civilian dialogue, and accordingly there will be no point in continuing the talks in their current form that began at the June 8 meeting.”

The Mechanism pledged to continue engaging with “all components that participated in the June 8 meeting, as well as all other stakeholders, in order to better assess the way forward as part of its ongoing efforts to facilitate a political solution that ends the crisis in the country.” The tripartite UN mechanism that facilitates the Sudanese talks to end the coup and restore the civilian It was considered a dialogue between the putschists and their allies, before a US-Saudi initiative succeeded in bringing the military together with civilians, which angered supporters of the June meeting.