President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (C-R) receives Sudanese Sovereign Council Chairman Abdel Fattah al-Burhan (C-L) at Turkish House in New York, United States on September 25, 2024. Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan (4th R), Director of the National Intelligence Organization Ibrahim Kalin (3rd R), Permanent Representative of Turkiye to the UN Ahmet Yildiz (2nd R), and Turkish Communications Director Fahrettin Altun (R) were also present at the meeting.
WASHINGTON
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met Wednesday with Abdul Fatah al-Burhan, chairman of Sudan’s Transitional Sovereignty Council, for talks.
The closed-door meeting came on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly meeting in New York.
No further information was disclosed about the talks.
Sudan has been mired by fighting between the army, led by Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) led by his former deputy, Mohamed Hamdan 'Hemedti' Dagalo.
At least 12,260 people have been killed and more than 33,000 injured in the conflict that started in April 2023, according to UN figures.
A humanitarian crisis continues to worsen as nearly 6.8 million people have fled their homes seeking safety in Sudan or neighboring countries.
Several cease-fire agreements brokered by Saudi Arabia and US mediators have failed to end the violence.
