The 15 members of the UN Security Council expressed during a closed meeting on Wednesday their support for the efforts of the UN Security Council during a closed meeting on Wednesday of their support for the efforts made by the United Nations envoy to Sudan, Volker Perthes, in an effort to conduct indirect negotiations between the civilian and military components, according to sources. diplomacy.
A diplomat, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the session was “interrupted by questions” from Russia, China and the African members of the council, Kenya, Gabon and Ghana, “but there was no real opposition.”
Another diplomat, who also spoke on condition of anonymity, said that during the session “there was broad support for envoy Perthes and his efforts”.
The diplomatic sources indicated that during the session, the German Perthes elaborated his approach to the crisis and ways to solve it, stressing that “the two parties themselves want indirect negotiations” to help solve the crisis.
Perthes had said during a press conference in Khartoum on Monday that he wanted, in the first stage, to hold talks with each party separately, to move on to a second stage during which negotiations would take place between the two parties, whether direct or indirect.
The Security Council held its meeting at the request of Britain, the United States, France, Norway, Ireland and Albania.
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