Egypt on Thursday embarked on a fresh bid to halt fighting between Sudan's warring factions and contain the humanitarian crisis it has unleashed, using a summit of neighbouring states to try to revive international efforts to contain the war.
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi poses for a group photo with other leaders of Sudan's neighbour states to discuss the country's crisis, after a meeting during a regional summit, at the Ittihadiya presidential palace in Cairo, Egypt, July 13, 2023.
The United States and Saudi Arabia had negotiated a series of ceasefires, but suspended talks in Jeddah after violations. Earlier this week, Ethiopia hosted a regional East African summit, but Sudan's armyPriorities for Egypt, which has maintained close ties to Sudan's army, include reasserting itself on a file it feels excluded from by other regional efforts, and preventing cross-border support for the RSF, diplomats said.
Some of the leaders attending also said they welcomed the Egyptian initiative but hoped it could be coordinated with other diplomatic efforts.regional IGAD initiative"I would like to underline that such processes, including today's summit, need to align with the IGAD-laid, and African Union-supported, existing initiative," Abiy said.
"The two warring parties still think they can win the war so they accept diplomatic initiatives when they think it can help their aims," he said.
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