“Russia does not impose any specific reality or roadmap, but its involvement in whatever initiatives and negotiations there are is important. This involvement can manifest itself in various ways, not necessarily in direct initiatives,” Agar said.

In the vice president’s opinion, the fact that Russia has already spent 40 million dollars for humanitarian purposes in the context of the Sudanese crisis is proof that “it is on the side of Sudan.”

Agar heads a Sudanese delegation that met last Thursday in Moscow with senior officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, including Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov, the Russian President’s special envoy for North Africa and Middle East.

Since April 15th, Sudan has been the scene of clashes between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces, a paramilitary group that obeys the orders of General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo.

The parties make contradictory statements about the successes of their operations and the takeover of facilities and settlements and promoting large-scale war information in the media and social networks.

According to the UN´s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, which handles data from the Sudanese Ministry of Health, at least 1,081 people have died and 11,714 have been injured as a result of the conflict, although the numbers could be much higher.

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