The Quartet—comprising the United States, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates—issued a joint statement at the conclusion of their foreign ministers’ meeting. The statement read:
“At the invitation of the United States, the foreign ministers of the United States, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates held intensive consultations on the conflict in Sudan, recalling that it has caused the world’s worst humanitarian crisis and poses grave risks to regional peace and security.”
According to the statement, the ministers committed to a shared set of principles to end the conflict in Sudan:
First: Sudan’s sovereignty, unity, and territorial integrity are essential for achieving peace and stability.
Second: There is no viable military solution to the conflict, and the current situation creates unacceptable suffering and risks to peace and security.
Third: All parties to the conflict must facilitate rapid, safe, and unimpeded humanitarian access throughout Sudan by all necessary routes; protect civilians in accordance with international humanitarian law and their commitments under the Jeddah Declaration; and refrain from indiscriminate air and ground attacks on civilian infrastructure.
Fourth: Sudan’s political future must be determined by its people through an inclusive and transparent transition process not controlled by any warring party. The ministers called for an initial three-month humanitarian truce to enable swift humanitarian access across Sudan, leading immediately to a permanent ceasefire. This must then be followed by an inclusive and transparent transitional process, to be completed within nine months, that meets the Sudanese people’s aspirations for an independent, civilian-led government with broad legitimacy and accountability—a cornerstone for Sudan’s long-term stability and preservation of state institutions. Sudan’s future cannot be dictated by violent extremist groups, including factions linked to the Muslim Brotherhood, whose destabilizing influence has fueled violence and instability across the region.
The ministers agreed to closely monitor the implementation of this timeline and affirmed their readiness to use their good offices and exert all necessary efforts to ensure full compliance by the parties, including reconvening to discuss further steps.
Fifth: External military support to parties in Sudan’s conflict fuels the war, prolongs its duration, and undermines regional stability. Ending foreign military assistance is therefore critical to resolving the conflict.
The ministers further pledged to:
exert all efforts to support a negotiated settlement of the conflict, with meaningful participation by both the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces;
press all parties to protect civilians and civilian infrastructure, and ensure humanitarian access to those in need;
strengthen conditions to guarantee wider security in the Red Sea region;
counter cross-border security threats posed by terrorist and extremist organizations and the conditions that allow them to spread; and
deny space to regional and local destabilizing actors seeking to benefit from the continuation of the conflict in Sudan.
They reiterated their commitment to restoring peace and ending the suffering of the Sudanese people, and their readiness to cooperate with African, Arab, and UN institutions and international partners to achieve these objectives.
The ministers also discussed urgent humanitarian needs and early recovery requirements, stressing the importance of continued mobilization of the international community for this purpose and building on recent humanitarian meetings.
They expressed their determination to continue discussions and consultations at both ministerial and sub-ministerial levels to strengthen coordinated efforts in support of ending the conflict in Sudan, including backing the establishment and implementation of an inclusive and transparent transitional process.
In this regard, the ministers voiced support for the efforts of Saudi Arabia and the United States, through the Jeddah process, to achieve a permanent ceasefire in Sudan, as well as for Egypt’s initiative regarding the Sudanese civil and political forces forum, whose first session was held in Cairo in July 2024.
The ministers agreed to continue their consultations on this matter during the next Quartet ministerial meeting in September 2025.
