The Sudanese army has made a firm stance, signaling it will not engage in negotiations or sign any agreement with the Rapid Support Forces until what it calls the end of their lawlessness. This stance was relayed by a television outlet and cited a Supreme Court statement as the basis for the position.
The Chief of Staff of the Sudanese army underscored that there is no plan to open dialogue or reach any accord with the Rapid Support Forces until they cease their unlawful acts. The message framed the conflict as a matter of restoring order within the state and upholding national sovereignty.
Earlier, the Rapid Support Forces issued a declaration via Twitter, claiming that a battalion of the Egyptian Armed Forces had surrendered at the Meroe military airbase in northern Sudan, a claim that intensified regional attention to the unfolding events.
Reports also indicated that a United Nations aircraft was destroyed amid clashes between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces at Khartoum international airport, highlighting the severity of the fighting and its disruption to international operations in the area.
Meanwhile, fighting persisted in Khartoum as the Rapid Support Forces and the Sudanese army clashed in the capital, with observers noting that the situation could shift rapidly. The Russian ambassador to Sudan, Andrei Chernovol, suggested that developments might unfold in the next hours and hinted at possible changes in the negotiation dynamics as the conflict continued to evolve.