Massad Boulos met Abdel Fattah al-Burhan in Egypt and said Washington supports Sudan’s unity and a transition to civilian-led government.
Massad Boulos, a senior adviser to President Donald Trump on Arab and African affairs, met Sudan’s Sovereignty Council head Abdel Fattah al-Burhan in Egypt’s New Alamein. The two attended a Sunday luncheon hosted by Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi on the sidelines of the African Union’s eighth mid-year coordination meeting.
Boulos said Washington supports Sudan’s unity, sovereignty and territorial integrity and is working with Egypt and other regional and international partners toward a political settlement to the war, which began in April 2023. He said the goal was to restore security and stability, begin reconstruction and development, and move toward a civilian-led government through an inclusive national dialogue owned and led by Sudanese people.
The United States and Saudi Arabia, together with Egypt and the United Arab Emirates in a four-party effort, have been seeking a humanitarian truce for months. Boulos said U.S. contacts with both sides do not amount to formal recognition of either and do not imply that they are being treated as equivalent. He described engagement as necessary to reach a settlement and press for safe aid corridors.
Sudanese Foreign Minister Mohieddine Salem has said Khartoum is open to positive negotiations with the United States and regional and international countries, while rejecting imposed outside solutions or intervention. He has also said the government represents the Sudanese people and rejected equating the army with the Rapid Support Forces.
The war between Sudan’s army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces has continued for more than three years. U.N. and international estimates put deaths in the tens of thousands and the number displaced at about 13 million.