Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry of Egypt engaged in a telephonic conversation with his Chadian counterpart, Mohammed Saleh Annadif, on Monday.
The discussion centered on the outcomes of the ministerial meeting of nations neighboring Sudan and their stance on the resulting action plan.
The official spokesperson for the Egyptian Foreign Ministry, Ambassador Ahmed Abu Zeid, stated on his Twitter account that Minister Shoukry emphasized Egypt’s keenness to adopt and execute the plan as soon as possible.
The meeting — the most high-profile since fighting erupted across Sudan in mid-April — was hosted by Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi and attended by the leaders of Ethiopia, South Sudan, Chad, Eritrea, the Central African Republic and Libya.
Sudan has been rocked by violence since April 15, when tensions between the military and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces burst into open fighting. The conflict has killed more than 3,000 people, according to data from June, though the actual death toll is likely much higher, doctors and activists say.
