Burhan Rejects Talks, Vows to Fight Until Sudan’s Territory Is Retaken

Sudan’s Sovereignty Council chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan has renewed his rejection of negotiations with the parties to the war, reaffirming his commitment to continue fighting.

Burhan said the fighting would go on until control was restored over all of Sudan’s territory, making full territorial control the stated objective of the military campaign.

His remarks reiterated a position against entering talks with the other warring parties, rather than signalling a shift toward a negotiated settlement.

The statement addressed the course of the war and the prospect of negotiations, but the available summary did not specify whom Burhan identified as holding the authority to decide on war, peace and talks.