A statement by the American envoy to Sudan regarding Clause Seven

To create appropriate conditions for reaching a peace agreement.

This will become more difficult if the army obstructs the negotiation process, or if rapid support comes to the negotiation but does not negotiate in good faith.

We in the United States of America and others have worked to change the political calculations in favor of peace to reach these talks together, but if we do not reach an agreement within the next few weeks, we will see more interference from external parties that will make reaching a peace agreement more difficult.

Difficulty, these are countries that do not care about Sudan’s interest in anything, and in the case of some actors such as Iran that are happy to see Sudan as a failed state, they want to plot against other regional parties and do not care about the interests of the Sudanese people.

Therefore, we look forward to the leaders of the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces thinking about the interests of the Sudanese people. Because they hear a lot from some regional parties that want to manipulate the Sudanese for their own reasons.

We need those negotiations now, that is the priority given. We hope that the Sudanese will continue to raise their voice as they have always done for the importance of negotiations and the importance of peace.

Secondly, I think the world needs to think about an alternative plan, possibly peacekeeping forces in some form, within the framework of the African Union or the United Nations. I will be the first to say that there is no political will for this at the moment;

But we will need to start building some of that in the event that the two parties are unable to negotiate an agreement. Because the suffering of fifty million Sudanese cannot continue without end and continue to suffer from the kind of atrocities and famine that we see.

I think we have to start having some of these conversations as an international community, but there is no doubt that this war is solvable.

This is a war that was chosen, this is a famine that was chosen by humans (the leaders). Famine This famine was not the result of factors

Natural, agricultural failure, storm, or drought.

This famine resulted when men in the Rapid Support Forces decided to burn crops, loot food stores, and a decision

Taken by the Sudanese Armed Forces to obstruct the delivery of food and medicine to the most vulnerable people in Sudan.

These choices have been made by some people and may be made by others tomorrow to facilitate the delivery of food and medicine to all parts of Sudan in compliance with international humanitarian law.

The war was also a choice, and I know that each side has its own story about how the war started, but both of their stories are about individuals who made a decision to start this war and those same men can make a decision today to stop that war.

I believe that when they hear the Sudanese people calling with one voice to end the war now and ensure aid everywhere, there will be at least some response from these leaders.

We have a narrow window to end this through negotiations. We believe this is very possible if we can get the conflicting parties committed to negotiating. If that fails I guess we'll have to

Thinking about alternative options for how to protect civilians and ensure humanitarian access, and frankly, we are open to any proposals that put the interests of the Sudanese people at the forefront.