Warring rivals in Sudan have agreed to present representatives for negotiations, potentially in Saudi Arabia, the United Nations’ special representative in the country, Volker Perthes, revealed.
While talking to the Associated Press (AP) news agency recently, Perthes said the talks would initially focus on creating a “stable and reliable” ceasefire supervised by national and international observers.
According to him, the two sides had already named their representatives for preliminary discussions but noted that logistics for talks were still being ironed out.
Perthes also revealed that in the past week, he noticed a “change in tone” from both warring sides, noting their realization of how menacing the situation had become and that any victory would be achieved at “too great a cost”.
No information is available on when the negotiation will take place and where. The UN official said the warring sides would have to agree on the venue.
The mediation efforts persisted as the two sides clashed in the capital, Khartoum, despite another three-day extension of a fragile ceasefire.
Sounds of gunfire and explosions were reported in parts of Khartoum and its neighbouring city, Omdurman, recently.
The two sides announced recently that they would abide by a 72-hour extension of their nominal ceasefire of the past week.
