Egypt is calling for closer coordination within the Quartet Mechanism to secure a humanitarian truce in Sudan, as the country’s crisis worsens and food supplies dwindle.
The appeal comes after the United Nations warned that aid stocks could run out within two months, putting millions of already hungry people at risk.
Foreign Minister Badr Abdel-Aty discussed the urgency of opening safe corridors for relief deliveries in a phone call with his Emirati counterpart, Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan.
The Quartet — Egypt, Saudi Arabia, the United States and the UAE — has proposed a three-month truce to allow humanitarian aid to reach civilians, alongside a nine-month political transition aimed at establishing a civilian government.
The World Food Programme says Sudan needs $700 million by June and has already cut rations to minimum levels.
Nearly three years of fighting between General Abdel Fattah al Burhan’s army and the Rapid Support Forces have killed tens of thousands and displaced at least 11 million people.
