US, UN announce separate diplomatic pushes to end Sudan war

July 2, 2025 (WASHINGTON/NEW YORK) – The United States and the United Nations are launching separate diplomatic initiatives to end the war in Sudan, officials said, reflecting intensifying international urgency to resolve the conflict.

An advisor to U.S. President Donald Trump said Washington would soon host a four-nation meeting of foreign ministers, while the U.N. said its envoy was finalising plans for talks in Ethiopia with the African Union.

Massad Boulos, an advisor to Trump on African affairs, told Asharq TV news channel in an interview broadcast on Wednesday that the U.S., Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Egypt would meet in Washington to revive the “Quartet” initiative.

“Washington is in direct and indirect contact with the two warring parties,” Boulos said, adding there could be “no military solution in the country.”

The U.S. announcement came a day after the United Nations detailed its own mediation efforts.

The U.N. Secretary-General’s Personal Envoy for Sudan, Ramtane Lamamra, is working to scale up “unified diplomatic efforts by the international community to end the war,” U.N. Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric told reporters in a briefing on Tuesday.

Lamamra’s team is organising a Consultative Group meeting with the African Union in Addis Ababa and is also trying to launch talks between the Sudanese parties on civilian protection, Dujarric said. The aim is to move to “proximity talks as soon as feasibly possible.”