The Secretary-General of the Arab League Welcomes the "Sudanese Peace Initiative"

SadaNews - The Secretary-General of the Arab League, Ahmed Aboul Gheit, welcomed the Sudanese peace initiative presented to the United Nations Security Council on Tuesday, calling for positive engagement with it.

Aboul Gheit praised the "comprehensive peace initiative" mentioned in the speech of Sudanese Prime Minister Kamel Idris before the Security Council, noting its inclusion of "political, humanitarian, and security messages of great importance," considering it a serious framework that can be built upon.

He affirmed that the initiative calls for positive interaction, as it is a major part of any comprehensive solution path aimed at ending the armed conflict and restoring security and stability in Sudan, to prevent any threat to its national unity or disintegration of its social fabric.

Aboul Gheit emphasized the importance of interacting with the initiative's principles of transitional justice, reparations, national reconciliation, and non-exclusion, which enhance opportunities for sustainable peace, preserve the unity of society and the state, and prevent the re-emergence of violence or a slide toward division or fragmentation.

In his speech before the Security Council on the evening of the day before yesterday, Idris proposed an initiative aimed at achieving peace in his country through a comprehensive ceasefire and disarmament of the "Rapid Support" forces.

He added that the initiative calls for Sudanese-Sudanese dialogue, based on reconciliation and integration into society, and includes a comprehensive ceasefire under regional and international supervision, as well as the withdrawal of the "Rapid Support" forces from all areas under their control, in addition to regrouping its fighters in designated camps.

The initiative also includes, according to Idris, facilitating the return of displaced persons to their areas and refugees to their homeland, and disarming the Rapid Support militia under an agreed international supervision.

Since April 2023, Sudan has been witnessing a war between the army and the Rapid Support Forces, resulting in the deaths of tens of thousands and the displacement of about 13 million people, alongside a worsening humanitarian crisis described as one of the worst globally.