Burhan, Saudi Crown Prince discuss Sudan peace ahead of Trump pledge

November 20, 2025 (PORT SUDAN) – Sudan’s Sovereign Council chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan received a phone call from Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman before his recent visit to Washington to discuss ways to end Sudan’s civil war, a Sudanese diplomatic source said.

The call addressed ways to halt the conflict and the humanitarian crisis. Al-Burhan agreed to work on the Saudi crown prince’s initiative without reservations, the source told Sudan Tribune.

The conversation came before U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday he would work to end the war in Sudan, following a request from the Saudi crown prince and other Arab leaders during the U.S.-Saudi Investment Forum in Washington.

Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform that he would use “the influence of the presidency to stop the war immediately.”

Al-Burhan responded on Thursday via the X platform: “Thank you, His Royal Highness Prince Mohammed bin Salman, thank you, President Donald Trump.”

The source said discussions between Trump and Mohammed bin Salman on Sudan took about 30 minutes but did not provide further details.

Massad Boulos, Trump’s advisor for African affairs, said on Wednesday the United States is “committed to ending the horrific conflict in Sudan.”

“Under the leadership of President Trump, we are working with our partners to facilitate a humanitarian truce and end foreign military support for the parties, which fuels the violence,” Boulos wrote on  X.

Sudanese political parties welcomed Trump’s statements, according to local media reports.

Senator Jim Risch, chairman of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, praised Trump’s call to end the war, saying this level of commitment was absent during the Biden administration, according to a post on X.

Sudan has been engulfed in civil war since April 2023 between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces.