Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan held talks in Ankara on Thursday with Sudan's army commander and Sovereignty Council Chairman Abdel Fattah al-Burhan on the latest developments in Sudan amid the latest escalation by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
The leaders held bilateral talks that were followed by an expanded meeting that included Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, Defense Minister Yasar Guler, and intelligence chief Ibrahim Kalin.
A Turkish Presidency statement said discussions focused on bilateral relations and the developments in Sudan, as well as the humanitarian situation there and efforts to achieve regional stability.
Turkish sources said the talks also tackled "defense cooperation between Ankara and Khartoum".
Burhan had carried out recent visits to Saudi Arabia and Egypt where he held talks on the developments in Sudan.
Media reports recently said that Türkiye had supplied the Sudanese military with drones last year in its fight against the RSF.
Sudan has been in the grip of conflict between the army and the RSF since April 2023, with around 150,000 people killed and almost 14 million displaced, creating the largest displacement crisis in the world.
The RSF has been making gains in the west, seizing on Wednesday control of areas bordering Chad in North Darfur in western Sudan.
On Thursday, it was gaining on of Al-Tina, the only town separating it from the border with Chad.
