The United States expressed grave concern over remarks by Sudan’s SAF leadership that push military solutions to the country’s crisis and set preconditions for any truce, as Washington and regional partners continue pressing for a humanitarian pause in fighting.
Tommy Pigott, the deputy spokesperson for the US State Department, said in a post on X on Dec. 29 that, as tens of millions of Sudanese suffer, Sudan’s military leaders should pursue a path toward peace rather than continue the conflict.
Arabic and regional reporting said the US comments followed recent statements by SAF chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan rejecting any truce or ceasefire while the Rapid Support Forces remain on any part of Sudanese territory, and casting the SAF’s priority as restoring security and state sovereignty.
Pigott said a durable peace would require negotiated arrangements that bring an immediate end to violence, facilitate sustained humanitarian access, and lay out a route toward a lasting ceasefire and civilian dialogue.
The remarks come as attempts by the “Quad” — the United States, Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Egypt — to broker a humanitarian truce have yet to deliver a breakthrough.
Sudan has been at war since April 2023, a conflict that has killed tens of thousands of people and displaced millions. The United Nations has described it as the world’s worst humanitarian crisis.
