Rhino: Agencies – The London-based Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper quoted informed sources as saying that the US administration has given the Sudanese army a deadline of no more than three days to participate in the Swiss negotiations to end the war in the country, confirming at the same time the start of consultations on Wednesday, which falls on the 14th of August, the US special envoy for Sudan, Tom Perriello, said on Monday night.

‘We have not received a response from the Sudanese army commander, General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, on whether or not to participate in the negotiations,’ US Special Envoy for Sudan Tom Perriello said on Monday night. Speaking to a small group of Sudanese activists in Geneva, he added: ‘We have not received a response from the Sudanese army regarding its participation in the talks. We expect within two or three days the Sudanese army delegation to join the negotiations.

Brillo said that the delegation sent by the Sudanese government in Port Sudan to consult with the side in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, did not talk about the agenda related to the ceasefire and humanitarian issues, and focused entirely on political arrangements.

A senior US administration official, in indirect meetings with a group of Sudanese on Tuesday, said she had been informed of the RSF delegation’s arrival in Geneva to participate in the negotiations. She emphasized that the negotiations would start on schedule ‘even if the Sudanese army does not participate’.

It said it is likely that none of the officials representing Sudan’s military leadership will participate.

The RSF announced on the ‘X’ platform on Tuesday that its delegation had arrived in Geneva, led by Counsellor ‘Ezzeddin al-Safi’, accompanied by a number of key advisors to the RSF commander ‘Mohamed Hamdan Daglo’, and said that its delegation carries the desire and sincere will, in order to put an end to the suffering of the Sudanese people.