“We will work with Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt and other partners in the Middle East to end these atrocities.” wrote Donald Trump, Wednesday, November 19, on his Truth Social network, announcing he wanted to end it “cruelty” in Sudan, which has been ravaged by conflict for more than two years, after the Saudi crown prince, Mohammed Bin Salman, asked him to get involved.
Saudi Arabia’s de facto leader, during an official visit to Washington, “want me to do something very strong related to Sudan”Donald Trump said earlier at an economic conference, in front of “MBS”that’s how he was nicknamed.
Sudan’s Sovereign Council, headed by military chief Abdel Fattah Abdelrahman Al-Bourhane, responded by saying it was ready to work with Washington and Riyadh and thanked them for their support. “their continued efforts to end the bloodshed”and revealed his “willingness to engage seriously with them to achieve the peace that the Sudanese people hope for”.
It wasn’t my plan to get involved in this
For Donald Trump, this was his strongest statement to date on the issue, as he acknowledged “It wasn’t my plan to get involved in this. I thought it was just something crazy and out of control.” about the war engulfing Africa’s third-largest country, where the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (FSR), both accused of abuses, have clashed since April 2023.
“But I understand how important it is to you.”Trump said to Mohammed Ben Salman, and he gave him a warm welcome at the White House on Tuesday. Crown Prince “mentioned Sudan yesterday”said the American president, who sees himself as a great peacemaker. “He explains the whole culture, the whole history. It’s really interesting to hear, it’s amazing, and we’ve already started working on it.”he added, “I see it differently now”.
The conflict in Sudan has left tens of thousands of people dead and nearly 12 million displaced. It experienced a new acceleration with the fall of the town of El-Facher, the army’s last stronghold in Darfur, to FSR paramilitaries in late October. The United Arab Emirates, another close partner of the United States in the Gulf region, has been accused by NGOs of supporting the RSF. Abu Dhabi has systematically denied the allegations. Washington has made efforts to mediate the conflict that has ravaged Sudan for more than two years and which the UN says has caused the world’s worst humanitarian crisis.
