SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Sudan Tribune - Sudanese army rejects talks with RSF, vows to fight on for “true peace”

17/6/2024: Sudan Tribune - Sudanese army rejects talks with RSF, vows to fight on for “true peace”

Sudan Tribune report that Sudanese army Assistant Commander-in-Chief Yassir al-Atta said peace will only be achieved through the defeat of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF).

“We will not postpone the war by concluding a truce and conducting negotiations, only for the war to return (again) after a year or two,” Al-Atta said.

Al-Atta, who leads military operations in Khartoum, told his troops to ignore rumours about the resumption of negations, stressing: “true peace will be achieved through the defeat and surrender of the Janjaweed, the return of foreign Arabs to their countries of origin, and the prosecution of all those who have committed crimes”. 

Alongside emphasising the need to distinguish between the Darfur Arab tribes and the RSF: “we are not fighting a tribe. And I hope the Sudanese army will never be programmed to fight a tribe. We are fighting the Janjaweed, the murderers, thieves, looters, slave traders, rapists”.