Sudan’s Burhan discusses conflict, ties with Eritrean president in Asmara

April 11, 2025 (PORT SUDAN/ASMARA) – Sudan’s military leader, General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, visited the Eritrean capital Asmara on Thursday for talks with President Isaias Afwerki focused on the ongoing conflict in Sudan and bilateral relations.

Sudan’s Sovereignty Council said in a statement the two leaders held talks at the presidential palace. The discussions addressed bilateral ties, joint cooperation, the situation in Sudan, peace efforts, and regional and international issues, the council added.

According to the Sudanese statement, Burhan said the visit aimed to brief the Eritrean leadership on developments in Sudan and thanked Eritrea for supporting Sudan’s unity.

Burhan also told the Eritrean News Agency his one-day working visit was “principally aimed at briefing the Eritrean leadership on recent developments of the conflict in Sudan,” Eritrea’s information ministry reported. He also “paid tribute to the substantial and continuous support extended by the Government and people of Eritrea to the people of Sudan,” the ministry added.

President Afwerki thanked Burhan for the visit, the Sudanese statement said. Eritrea’s information ministry further reported that Afwerki reaffirmed Eritrean support for the “brotherly people of Sudan emanates from solid principles and moral obligations.”

Afwerki urged regional support for “the achievement of an enduring peaceful solution to the conflict without the encumbrance and exacerbation of external intervention,” the Eritrean ministry stated.

Burhan was accompanied on the visit by Ahmed Ibrahim Mufaddal, the director of Sudan’s General Intelligence Service.

Since the start of the conflict between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), Eritrea expressed support for the Sudanese military and opened its border to refugees fleeing the fighting.