The Ta’sis alliance held a press conference in Addis Ababa to reject any peace process that excludes it or includes Islamist groups.
The Sudan Founding Alliance announced its positions ahead of talks with the five-party mechanism. Spokesperson Ahmed Tagad Lissan said any arrangement outside international frameworks would be a futile public relations project. He denied any contact with the Sudanese army and called for an absolute veto on the Islamic Movement and National Congress Party. The alliance demanded a three-month humanitarian truce via the Jeddah platform before any political talks. It criticized African Union representative Mohamed Baalish for lacking impartiality while still viewing the AU as the right platform if participants are chosen objectively. Advisor Mohamed Al-Mukhtar Al-Nour blamed the Islamist movement for prolonging the war and noted that the Rapid Support Forces did not start the conflict. He said the alliance controls large parts of Sudan and warned that excluding it would ignore the balance of power.