The Sudanese Peace Government has issued a strong rejection of the outcomes of recent International Group meetings on Sudan held in Cairo, warning that any engagement with what it described as “forces of war and the coup” represents a dangerous international setback that risks prolonging the conflict and undermining prospects for peace.
In a statement released on Friday, the Peace Government criticised what it said was the failure of the International Group to issue a unified official communiqué, expressing disappointment that Sudanese civilians—facing what it described as unprecedented humanitarian devastation—were left without clear international direction.
The government also objected to characterisations of the April 15 war as merely a confrontation between two military forces, arguing that such framing ignores Sudan’s deeper political and historical crises. Reducing the conflict to a binary military clash, it said, leads to superficial analysis and obstructs any serious effort to address the structural roots of the war or achieve sustainable peace.
The Peace Government stressed that it does not consider itself a parallel or temporary authority, but rather a political and moral expression of the will of millions of Sudanese who, it said, have been left without a functioning state, institutions or protection since the outbreak of the war—and for years before.
By contrast, it described the Port Sudan-based authorities as lacking political and constitutional legitimacy, citing the October 25, 2021 coup that overturned the transitional constitutional order and, it said, directly paved the way for the current civil war. The statement noted that Sudan’s suspension from the African Union, alongside the withdrawal of recognition by the European Union, the United States and the United Kingdom, reflected established international legal norms against unconstitutional seizures of power.
Accordingly, the Peace Government warned that any attempt to politically rehabilitate or engage with coup-linked forces constitutes a condemnable international regression that incentivises continued warfare.
The statement said the Peace Government has consistently engaged with international and regional peace initiatives and humanitarian efforts, while accusing the opposing side of obstructing mediation, blocking aid delivery, imposing sieges, and deliberately targeting civilians and social infrastructure. It also rejected what it called “false equivalence” between the Peace Government and forces it accused of igniting the war, using prohibited weapons, and opening Sudan to regional and international extremist groups.
Such comparisons, it said, are morally and legally unacceptable and must end if the international community is serious about resolving the conflict.
In closing, the Peace Government reaffirmed its commitment to cooperating with international efforts, particularly the Quartet initiative led by the United States, to secure an urgent humanitarian truce and launch an inclusive political process aimed at ending the war.
It added that lasting peace must be accompanied by the rebuilding of state institutions and urgent action to restore basic services, including education, health care, security, civil documentation and banking, warning that attempts to bypass or dilute the Quartet framework would only deepen the war and delay a comprehensive settlement.
