Sudan’s Foreign Minister and Minister of International Cooperation in the RSF-aligned “Founding” (TASIS) government, Ammar Amoon, said on Saturday that there is no military solution to Sudan’s ongoing crisis, stressing that dialogue remains the only path toward lasting peace.
Speaking to Sky News Arabia, Amoon said his government is seeking “serious dialogue that leads to a just and sustainable peace,” adding that it has “never rejected a return to the negotiating table.”
Commenting on the recent visit by Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo (Hemedti), head of the Presidential Council of the Founding Alliance and commander of the Rapid Support Forces, Amoon said the talks in Uganda focused on ways to end the war and restore stability in Sudan.
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni reaffirmed his country’s commitment to a peaceful resolution of the Sudanese conflict following his meeting with Dagalo at the presidential palace in Entebbe.
In a post on X, Museveni said Dagalo had briefed him on the current situation in Sudan. “As always, I emphasized that dialogue and a peaceful political solution are the only sustainable paths to stability in Sudan and the region,” Museveni wrote.
A statement issued by the Founding Alliance said Dagalo provided Museveni with a detailed overview of political, security, and humanitarian developments in Sudan, as well as ongoing efforts aimed at ending the war and achieving peace.
Dagalo’s visit to Uganda came just hours after an African Union summit in Addis Ababa urged both sides of the conflict to pursue a political settlement to end the war, which has raged since mid-April 2023.
The African Union has appointed Museveni as chair of a high-level committee tasked with facilitating direct negotiations between Dagalo and SAF chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan.
Despite intensified regional and international mediation, prospects for a ceasefire remain slim. On Thursday, Burhan again rejected a proposed humanitarian truce backed by the international “Quad” and the United States, insisting that any ceasefire must be preceded by the withdrawal of RSF forces from cities and military sites under their control.
On Friday, U.S. presidential adviser for Arab and African affairs Massad Boulos called on both sides to “accept an immediate humanitarian truce without preconditions.”
In a post on X, Boulos said the UN-backed ceasefire mechanism was necessary “to allow life-saving aid to reach civilians and to create space for dialogue.”
