Diplomacy
Sudan Conditions Dialogue With Ethiopia on Halting Support for RSF
Addis Standard · 2 hours ago · Read the Full Story on Addis Standard
AI SUMMARY
Sudan stated it is open to dialogue with Ethiopia if Addis Ababa ends its alleged support for the Rapid Support Forces and stops threatening Sudanese security.
- Sudan stated it remains open to dialogue with Ethiopia if Addis Ababa ends alleged support for the Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
- Sudanese Foreign Minister Ambassador Muhyiddin Salem made the remarks during a meeting in Khartoum with France’s Special Envoy Jean-Marie Safa.
- Sudan has accused Ethiopia of using territory in the Benishangul-Gumuz region to train RSF fighters and facilitate attacks.
- A Yale School of Public Health Humanitarian Research Lab report in April alleged activity consistent with Ethiopian military assistance to the RSF in Asosa.
- A UN fact-finding mission reported in September 2026 that it identified Ethiopian nationals among RSF-associated foreign fighters but found no evidence of direct government deployment or arming.
- Ethiopia has dismissed Sudan's accusations as baseless while accusing Khartoum of supporting Ethiopian opposition groups including TPLF, OLA, and Amhara Fano.
- Minister Salem urged France to reopen its embassy in Khartoum and resume cultural center operations.
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