Sudanese Prime Minister Kamil Idris said Sunday that a nationwide Sudanese dialogue would begin soon as part of efforts to restore stability, achieve national reconciliation and prepare the country for democratic elections.
Speaking during a meeting in Khartoum with a delegation from the African Union Peace and Security Council, Idris said the dialogue would involve Sudanese society as a whole. He explained that the process was intended to support national recovery, achieve broad reconciliation and establish a new constitutional framework before leading to free and fair elections.
Idris also said Sudanese forces were making advances in the Kordofan region and would continue toward Darfur with the stated aim of regaining control of the entire country. He emphasized that certain principles were non-negotiable, including opposition to treating the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces as equal parties and rejection of foreign interference.
The prime minister stressed that Sudanese people should determine the future of their country themselves. He called for the African Union’s involvement to be based on mutual respect for national sovereignty.
Idris also referred to a government peace proposal submitted to the UN Security Council in December 2025. The initiative calls for the RSF to withdraw from territories under its control and undergo disarmament, demobilization and integration measures intended to bring the conflict to an end.
He said the proposal had received responses from several regional and international organizations and religious institutions and expressed hope that the African Union would support efforts to classify the RSF as a terrorist organization.
African Union representative Mohamed Khaled reaffirmed the organization’s support for Sudan and its people. He also emphasized the AU’s commitment to respecting the sovereignty and territorial unity of member states while opposing outside interference in domestic affairs.
The development follows a decision by Sudan’s Sovereignty Council Chairman Abdel Fattah al-Burhan to provide logistical assistance and legal, political and security guarantees for an inclusive national dialogue led by an independent Sudanese mechanism.
Sudan has remained locked in conflict since April 2023, when fighting erupted between the army and the RSF over plans to integrate the paramilitary force into the regular military. The war has resulted in tens of thousands of deaths and displaced approximately 13 million people, according to UN estimates.
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