Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit stressed on Sunday that halting the war in Sudan and maintaining the country’s territorial integrity is a top priority for the pan-Arab body.
“The Arab League is fully ready to provide any needed assistance to the Sudanese parties to solve the crisis,” Aboul Gheit said during talks in Cairo with former prime and head of Sudan’s Coordination of Civil Democratic Forces (Taqaddum) Abdalla Hamdok.
A delegation from Taqaddum, led by Hamdok, kicked off on Friday a visit to Cairo to hold talks with senior Egyptian officials, officials from the Arab League and Sudanese figures residing in Egypt.
This is the former PM’s first visit to Egypt since the eruption of the war in mid-April 2023.
Gamal Roshdy, spokesman for the Arab League's secretary-general, said Aboul Gheit listened to a briefing by Hamdok about Taqaddum' efforts to swiftly reach a ceasefire and political process through inclusive Sudanese dialogue that brings together all parties to save the country and stop the bloodshed.
Aboul Gheit stated that stopping war and protecting the territorial integrity of Sudan are among the Arab League’s priorities, adding that it is fully ready to provide any required assistance to unify the Sudanese parties in pursuit of solving the crisis and helping the Sudanese state in any initiative in this respect.
Roshdy said Hamdok thanked Aboul Gheit for the initiative he took through the appeal he issued on March 5 to the Sudanese parties to hold a ceasefire during the holy month of Ramadan, hoping they will build on it to reach a political solution to the crisis.
