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State Department spokesperson Ned Price said in a press statement that US Secretary of State Antony Blinken asked his Sudanese counterpart in a phone call what steps the US may take to facilitate the transition to a civilian-led administration following the military takeover by Sudanese armed forces.
“Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke today with Sudanese Foreign Minister Mariam al-Mahdi to seek her views on what steps the US can take to support the Sudanese people in their call for a civilian-led transition to democracy in accordance with the Sudanese Constitutional Declaration,” Price said in a statement on Wednesday.
On Wednesday, Blinken spoke by phone with Moussa Faki Mahamat, Chairperson of the African Union Commission, on the AU’s decision to suspend Sudan.
In accordance with the 2019 Constitutional Declaration, Blinken and the AU head agreed that Sudan must revert to a civilian-led administration.
On Monday, the Sudanese military detained Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok, who has since been released, as well as numerous other cabinet colleagues, prompting hundreds of demonstrators to protest the military takeover in Khartoum.
Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, the head of Sudan’s Sovereign Council, then proclaimed an emergency and disbanded the council and administration.
The military was about to give over control of the transitional council to civilians when the coup occurred.
