The Sudan Founding Alliance (TASIS) has called for direct negotiations between Sudan’s warring parties and proposed a unified military under civilian authority as part of a broader political settlement.
TASIS spokesman Ahmed Tugod Lisan said negotiations should include the principal parties involved in the conflict. He argued that excluding major actors would make a comprehensive ceasefire more difficult to achieve.
His comments followed an address at the United Nations by Mohieddin Salem, foreign minister in the army-aligned Port Sudan administration.
TASIS calls for direct Sudan peace talks
In an interview with Al Ain News, Lisan disputed the Port Sudan authorities’ account of the conflict.
He accused Sudan’s military leadership and its Islamist allies of prolonging the war and attempting to place responsibility for the conflict on external actors.
These allegations reflect TASIS’s position and were not independently established in the comments cited.
Lisan argued that continued efforts to achieve a military settlement had obstructed attempts to reach peace. Instead, he called for direct negotiations between the principal parties.
He said such talks should establish conditions for a wider Sudanese political dialogue.
TASIS also called for international support for a political process addressing the underlying causes of Sudan’s repeated conflicts.
Proposal for a unified army under civilian authority
A major part of the TASIS proposal concerns the future of Sudan’s armed forces.
Lisan said a unified national military could only emerge through a negotiated political settlement.
Under the proposal, Sudan’s existing armed formations would be reorganised into a single military institution. Lisan said it should represent the country’s different communities and operate independently of political organisations.
The proposed military would ultimately come under civilian authority established through an agreed political transition.
Lisan argued that negotiations over Sudan’s military institutions were necessary rather than simply maintaining existing command structures.
Accountability also raised in peace proposal
The TASIS spokesman also called for accountability to form part of any negotiated settlement.
He accused the Port Sudan authorities of attempting to avoid responsibility for their conduct during the war. This remains a claim made by TASIS.
Lisan also argued that military institutions should no longer determine Sudan’s political leadership.
The Port Sudan authorities have separately called for a ceasefire accompanied by security arrangements, the withdrawal of armed forces from civilian areas and the establishment of a single national army under civilian oversight.
Both sides therefore publicly support elements including a ceasefire and civilian oversight. However, significant disagreements remain over how negotiations should begin, which parties should participate, and how Sudan’s armed forces should be reorganised.
Those unresolved questions remain central to efforts to secure a negotiated end to the conflict.