Nyala: Rhino – The Sudan Founding Alliance announced that it had received a response from the Five-Party Mechanism, in which the Mechanism affirmed the importance of the issues raised by the Alliance in its letter to the Mechanism, foremost among them a review of how the Mechanism manages the political process, how it determines the participation of the parties, and the associated shortcomings.

In a press statement today, the Alliance revealed that the Quintet Mechanism agreed to conduct a comprehensive review and objective discussion of all issues related to the arrangements for the initial phase of the political process, in order to formulate a credible process and a more structured framework for achieving clear goals and objectives, as well as objective and agreed-upon criteria for participation, a sequence of steps and phases, and the definition of the roles of the Sudanese parties and international facilitators.

The statement read: (The Mechanism affirmed the importance of meeting with the Sudan Founding Coalition at a time to be determined by the Coalition to reschedule direct discussions; This meeting will be an opportunity to discuss how to jointly address the shortcomings that have accompanied the preparation for the process and to build consensus on positions and views in line with the requirements of a credible political process that meets the aspirations of the Sudanese people for peace, stability, and a democratic civilian transition).

The Founding Alliance affirmed that it has no objection to meeting with the Quint; at the same time, it emphasized that any serious peace process that addresses humanitarian issues, halts the war, paves the way for a political settlement, and ends the war in Sudan can only be achieved with the active participation of the Sudan Founding Alliance.