RIYADH: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) will co-chair the high-level “Donor Conference for Sudan and the Region” on Monday, to provide humanitarian assistance for the people of Sudan in the current crises, the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.
In a statement via social media Saudi Minister for Foreign Affairs Prince Faisal bin Farhan said: “We look forward to a vast participation of donor nations to contribute to mitigating the effects of the current crisis.” He said that Saudi Arabia was continuing its activities to ease the suffering of the people in Sudan and hoped the current tragedy would end soon.
وفي تاريخ 19 يونيو، سترأس المملكة وبشكلٍ مشترك "مؤتمر المانحين للسودان والمنطقة" جنباً لجنب مع قطر، ومصر، وألمانيا، ومنظمة الأمم المتحدة ممثلةً بمكتب تنسيق الشؤون الإنسانية "اوتشا"، والإتحاد الأوروبي، والمفوضية السامية لشؤون اللاجئين.
— فيصل بن فرحان (@FaisalbinFarhan) June 13, 2023
Riyadh to Co-chair High-level ‘Donor Conference for Sudan’
A statement said that the KSA would co-chair the conference with Egypt, Qatar, Germany, the EU, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, and UNHCR.
Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal tweeted on Tuesday: “Since the start of the crisis in Sudan, and under the directives of the wise leadership, Saudi Arabia has been present to alleviate the suffering of people in Sudan by providing humanitarian assistance, evacuating those suffered, and facilitating political dialogue.”
منذ بداية الأزمة في جمهورية السودان الشقيقة وبتوجيهات القيادة الرشيدة -أيّدها الله-، كانت المملكة حاضرة لتخفيف معاناة الشعب السوداني عبر تقديم المساعدات الإنسانية، وإجلاء المتضررين، وتيسير المحادثات السياسية في مدينة #جدة، وغيرها من المبادرات.
— فيصل بن فرحان (@FaisalbinFarhan) June 13, 2023
Saudi Arabia announced on May 7 that the King Salman Center for Relief and Humanitarian Aid would provide assistance and help worth $100 million to the people of Sudan. Riyadh also supports efforts to facilitate dialogue alongside the United States to bring about an end to the crisis.
The two facilitators (Saudi Arabia and the United States) managed to bring the two sides to the table in May to ink the Jeddah Declaration, a pledge to peace which agreed to permit the unhindered movement and transport of humanitarian help to Sudan.
There have been several ceasefires facilitated by Riyadh and Washington to permit the delivery of humanitarian assistance to civilians, but the violence has continued.
A joint statement on Sunday said that Saudi Arabia and the United States had observed decrease in the intensity of the fighting during a 24-hour truce that concluded on June 10.
However, the two facilitators (Riyadh and Washington) said they had been disappointed at the resumption of violence since, and the two sides have denounced it.
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the United States have reiterated their promise to stand by the people of the crisis-hit Sudan.
