Sudan's army chief, General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, arrived in the Egyptian coastal town of El Alamein on Tuesday to meet with President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, according to a military statement. General Burhane is accompanied by the head of Sudanese intelligence, Ahmad Ibrahim Muffadal, and the interim foreign minister, Ali al-Sadeq. His plane took off from Port Sudan, the only city in the country with a functioning airport, the one in Khartoum having been bombed on the first day of the war. It was the first time Burhan had left Sudan since the beginning of the conflict with the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces on April 15.
General Burhane, the country's de facto leader since his 2021 putsch, is due to hold talks with President al-Sissi "on the latest developments in Sudan and bilateral relations between the two countries", the Sovereignty Council, the country's highest authority, said in a statement.
Egypt offered to mediate between Sudan’s warring factions, in a series of international efforts to prevent a prolonged civil war and the deepening of a humanitarian crisis.
For the first time on Tuesday in Port Sudan (east), General Burhane appeared in public in civilian clothes. Since the start of the war, he had made very rare appearances in fatigues, gun in hand, and making numerous bellicose statements.
