13-05-2025
We Have Hope for Promoting the Peace Agenda in Sudan During the U.S. President's Visit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
We Have Hope for Promoting the Peace Agenda in Sudan During the U.S. President's Visit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
By Yasir Arman
The important visit by U.S. President Donald Trump to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia comes into an amid of regional and international developments and issues that have a significant impact on geopolitics and the future of our region.
Saudi Arabia and the United States are the sponsors of the Jeddah Initiative concerning the stopping and ending the war in Sudan. This visit presents a rare opportunity to revive the initiative and push it forward with other regional and international partners.
The war in Sudan has deep repercussions on issues related to the Red Sea and migration — those who cannot find the right to stay in their own country will seek it in others. It also influences terrorism and its regional and global complexities,also the suffering of millions of internally displaced persons in Sudan when witnessing the collapse of the health system and famine. The Sudanese war affects neighboring countries, many of which are also experiencing instability.
Saudi Arabia shares with us, among other ties, connections of proximity, mutual interests, culture, history, the sea, geography, the mosque, and shared humanity — as well as millions of Sudanese professionals and others who have migrated there for work, and we share a common future.
Millions of Sudanese hope that the U.S. President's visit to Saudi Arabia and the Gulf countries will contribute to promoting the agenda of ending the war and achieving peace. They seek a humanitarian ceasefire that enables Sudanese people to explore the future of their country, close the chapter of war crimes and human rights violations, and silence the guns that have been turned against the people.
