Saudi Arabia will host on June 19 the “Donor Conference for Sudan and the Region” to provide humanitarian support for Sudan during the ongoing crises.
A Foreign Ministry statement on Tuesday said that Saudi Arabia would co-chair the conference with Qatar, Egypt, Germany, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the EU, and the UN High Commissioner for Refugees.
The Cabinet on Tuesday expressed the Kingdom’s aspiration for a wide participation in the conference, reaffirming its continued efforts to bring the conflicting sides closer to end the crisis through political dialogue.
In a statement, carried by Saudi Press Agency, the ministry renewed the Kingdom’s resolve to stand by the Sudanese people, including what Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman directed to provide humanitarian aid, amounting to $100 million, and organizing a popular campaign to alleviate the suffering of the Sudanese people. This is in addition to evacuating Saudi citizens, as well as nationals of friendly countries, and employees of international organizations from Sudan.
The ministry expressed the Kingdom’s keenness, together with the United States of America, to facilitate talks and bring closer viewpoints between the warring parties, with the aim of alleviating the suffering of the Sudanese people and ending the crisis through political dialogue.
Saudi Arabia and the United States have been mediating in the eight-week conflict between Sudanese army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and his former deputy Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, known as Hemedti, who leads the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces.
The Kingdom also played a leading role in evacuating thousands of foreigners from Sudan early in the war, which the UN says has left a record 25 million people -- more than half the population -- in need of aid and protection.
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