Saudi Arabia and the US, mediating the negotiation process between Sudan's army and rapid support forces (special forces), have prepared a new humanitarian truce agreement that would impose sanctions on the party that violates it, Mustafa Mohammed Ibrahim, a spokesman for the special forces, said.
"The proposal involves imposing sanctions on the party that violates the truce and a complete termination of the negotiation process if [the agreement] is not respected by both sides," AlHadath TV quoted the spokesman as saying on Thursday.
According to him, compliance with the terms of the agreement will be monitored "more strictly using aerial surveillance planes." The new truce is expected to last 24 hours to make sure the parties to the conflict are committed to the agreement and the negotiation process.
Representatives of the special forces and the Sudanese army are engaged in a dialogue mediated by Washington and Riyadh in the Saudi city of Jeddah. In total, the parties have brokered a humanitarian truce at least 10 times throughout the current conflict, but all of these temporary ceasefires have been violated.
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Based on materials from TASS