Pak Sahafat – Turkey’s foreign minister said on Wednesday night that his country is negotiating with the conflicting parties in Sudan to establish a ceasefire.
According to the report of Pak Sahafat News Agency from Turkey’s Anatolia news agency, Turkish Foreign Minister Cavusoglu added: Both sides involve our brothers. Why should we take one of them? We are negotiating with the commander of the Rapid Support Forces and the head of the Governing Council to stop the conflict.
The Turkish Foreign Minister further expressed his hope that on Thursday and on the eve of Eid al-Fitr, the conflicting parties in Sudan will reach an agreement to establish a ceasefire.
He stated that contacts with Turkish citizens in Sudan continue, and asked them to stay in safe places until the ceasefire is guaranteed.
This is despite the announcement of a 24-hour ceasefire throughout Sudan, intense clashes between the Sudanese army under the command of “Abd al-Fattah al-Barhan” and the rapid support forces under the command of “Mohammed Hamdan Daghlo” nicknamed “Hamidati” around the presidential palace and the general command armed forces in Khartoum were on the move for the fifth time in a row on Wednesday.
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The two conflicting parties in Sudan also agreed to extend the ceasefire for another 24 hours starting this Wednesday evening (18:00) local time; but the clashes continued in Khartoum.
An official in the Sudanese army told Al Jazeera that the army is in full control of the headquarters.
Armed clashes have started in Sudan since Saturday morning between the army forces and the rapid support forces over power.
The counter-attacks of the Sudanese army and the rapid support forces have resulted in damage to public property and have caused problems for the supply of water and electricity in some areas of Khartoum.
The World Health Organization reported that 300 people have been killed and 2,600 injured since the start of the conflict in Sudan.