A meeting between SAF commander Shams al-Din Kabashi and U.S. presidential adviser Massad Boulos took place in Cairo last month, a source close to Kabashi has confirmed, saying the talks focused on efforts to end Sudan’s war.
The source told Idrak that the Cairo meeting was part of a series of undisclosed contacts held recently between Sudanese figures and regional and international officials.
According to the source, the Cairo talks were preceded by a meeting in Zurich between Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and UAE official Sheikh Shakhboot bin Nahyan Al Nahyan, where discussions focused on developments in the Sudan war and Sudan’s relations with the UAE.
The disclosure follows comments by Atif Mohammed, editor-in-chief of Al-Sudani newspaper, who said in a post on X that an undisclosed meeting had taken place between a senior member of Sudan’s Sovereign Council and U.S. envoy Massad Boulos. He said the meeting discussed a U.S. document described as a new roadmap for addressing Sudan’s crisis, questioning whether the Sudanese official had accepted its terms.
The source said the Cairo meeting discussed a proposal known as the “withdrawal timetable,” which outlines a phased pullback of forces from front-line areas under a defined schedule. The plan is being considered as part of ceasefire arrangements that could pave the way for a broader political process.
The discussions also linked the proposed withdrawals to the transitional phase and mechanisms for reaching a political settlement to Sudan’s crisis, with both sides agreeing to continue technical discussions in later meetings, the source added.
The source criticised the leaking of details about the meeting, warning that public disclosures could undermine the chances of success. He said unnamed parties had previously leaked details of the meeting between Kabashi and Abdel Rahim Dagalo in Manama, later known as the “Manama agreement,” arguing that the leak contributed to the collapse of that deal.
The report has not been independently verified.
