UAE Welcomes Sudanese Civilian-Led Government Call After Addis Ababa
The UAE welcomed a sudanese-backed joint call to establish a civilian-led government after a three-day conference in Addis Ababa, where Sudanese stakeholders met officials from the US and seven European nations. The statement followed follow-up talks that also included the African Union, the EU, IGAD, the Arab League and the UN.
Addis Ababa talks
The parties released a statement on Monday that said they reaffirmed their shared and unwavering commitment to the people of Sudan and to a peaceful, democratic, and stable future for the country, as well as to the sovereignty, unity and territorial integrity of Sudan. The statement also called for a humanitarian truce, a permanent ceasefire, civilian protection and the delivery of humanitarian aid.
Massad Boulos, the US senior adviser for Arab and African affairs, said advancing a civilian-led political track is a critical element of achieving durable peace. Boulos also said the statement builds on the outcomes of the Berlin conference on Sudan in April, which secured $1.5 billion in humanitarian support.
UAE support
The UAE said it fully supported efforts to achieve a humanitarian truce and a permanent ceasefire. The UAE also said it supported efforts to put an end to human suffering and to ensure the protection of civilians and the delivery of humanitarian aid.
That position comes as the Sudan war has displaced about 14 million people since fighting broke out in 2023, including nine million inside Sudan and 4.4 million across borders. ACLED has tracked more than 58,000 reported deaths since the war began, while the statement said the parties remained deeply concerned about the devastating humanitarian consequences and ongoing attacks on civilians.
Berlin conference link
The Addis Ababa talks followed an international ministerial conference on Sudan in Berlin in April, where Boulos said a structured civilian forum involving Sudanese groups was included for the first time. The new call in Addis Ababa extends that process, with the civilian-led track now at the center of the diplomatic language around Sudan’s next political steps.
The next concrete diplomatic test is whether the Sudanese stakeholders, the US, the seven European nations and the regional and international bodies that backed the statement keep pushing the same civilian-led framework into a political process that can carry the ceasefire and aid demands beyond the Addis Ababa meeting.
