BERLIN, 16 April. - (ANA) - An EU-hosted summit on Sudan in Berlin on Wednesday was set to focus on the country’s political future after three years of civil war — despite the absence of the two armed groups in the conflict and with no end of the war in sight. 

 

Around 50 civilian politicians and civil society leaders attended the Berlin summit, but the Sudanese government, which is supported by the Sudan Armed Forces, one of the rival militias fighting the war, has boycotted the meeting after claiming that it was not invited to participate. 

 

The most prominent attendee in Berlin was former prime minister Abdalla Hamdok, who heads the Somoud coalition, and led a transition government that was toppled by the leaders of the militia groups now fighting the war.

 

“The only assured way is to go through a political process that will address the root causes of the conflict,” he told The National before traveling to Berlin for the conference. 

 

“We have been saying from day one, there is no military solution to this war, and none of the belligerents will be able to achieve outright victory on the other,” he added. 

 

The meeting was hosted by Germany, the African Union, the European Union, France, the United Kingdom and the United States, known as the Quintet.  - (ANA) -

 

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