Volker Perthes cited in “No sign Sudan warring parties ready to ‘seriously negotiate’”

UN envoy to Sudan says that both sides in the conflict believe that ‘a military victory over the other is possible’.

There are no signs that the warring parties in Sudan are ready to seriously negotiate an end to fighting, the UN envoy to the country has said, as a shaky 72-hour ceasefire was partially holding, though armed clashes were reported in strategic locations in the capital Khartoum and elsewhere.

UN envoy to Sudan Volker Perthes told a UN Security Council meeting in New York City on Tuesday that both sides in the conflict believe that they can secure a victory.

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