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On August 17 local time, Burhan, Chairman of Sudan's Sovereignty Council and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, said that the Sudanese government would not negotiate a new ceasefire agreement on the Sudanese armed conflict, and that the mediators should put pressure on the Sudanese Rapid Support Forces to abide by the Jeddah Declaration signed by both parties and relevant resolutions of the Security Council on ending the siege of the western Sudanese city of El Fasher.

Burhan also said that the Sudanese government requested talks with mediating parties Saudi Arabia and the United States to discuss the implementation of the Jeddah Declaration.

On April 15, 2023, an armed conflict broke out between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces in the capital Khartoum, which then spread to other areas and continues to this day. In May 2023, the conflicting parties held ceasefire negotiations in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, and signed the Jeddah Declaration. Since then, the two sides have reached several short-term ceasefire agreements, but none of them have been fully observed. A new round of ceasefire negotiations on the Sudanese armed conflict was launched in Geneva, Switzerland on August 14. The Rapid Support Forces sent a delegation to participate, and the Sudanese Armed Forces have not sent representatives to attend so far. (CCTV reporter Zhao Yuanfang)