Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has taken recent steps to help (a) maintain the ceasefire and (b) negotiate a longer-term pause in hostilities to allow emergency supplies to reach Sudan.

The UK is working with a range of partners, including from Quad (Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, UK, US), African and European countries, the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), the African Union (AU) and the United Nations to end the hostilities in Sudan. We welcome the mediation efforts of IGAD, the AU and neighbouring countries to bring the leaders of the warring parties together and secure a permanent ceasefire. The UK's top humanitarian priority is to secure humanitarian access and operational security guarantees for humanitarian agencies. We continue to press all parties to respect their obligations under International Humanitarian Law to protect civilians, as well as to provide safe and unfettered humanitarian access to affected populations.