The Sudanese government stated that it will send a delegation to the city of Jeddah in Saudi Arabia, to consult with the U.S. government regarding the invitation it received to attend the negotiations that will be held in Geneva on August 14 concerning the ongoing war with the Rapid Support Forces.

A statement from the Sudanese government mentioned that the delegation will be headed by Minister of Minerals Mohamed Bashir Abdullah Abu Numo, "in order for the Republic of Sudan to achieve peace, security, and stability in the country and to alleviate the suffering caused by the war," according to the Sudanese News Agency (SUNA).

At the end of last month, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced that Washington is seeking to end the conflict "and called on the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces to participate in talks regarding a ceasefire, mediated by the United States, starting on August 14 in Switzerland," adding that talks also sponsored by Saudi Arabia would include the African Union, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, and the United Nations as observers.

The Geneva talks, which the Rapid Support Forces have agreed to attend, will be the first major attempt in months to mediate between the warring parties in Sudan. The Sudanese government and the Rapid Support Forces had held several rounds of talks sponsored by Saudi Arabia and the United States, but they did not lead to a resolution of the conflict in the country. Since mid-April 2023, the Sudanese army, led by the head of the Transitional Sovereign Council and commander-in-chief of the Sudanese armed forces Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, and the "Rapid Support" forces led by Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo (Hemedti), have been in a war that has left more than 12,000 dead and over six million displaced and refugees, according to the United Nations.