CAIRO — United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, in a phone call with Sudan's army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, affirmed the UAE's support for initiatives aiming at ending the crisis in Sudan, Emirati state news agency WAM reported on Thursday (July 18).

During the call, Sheikh Mohammed "affirmed the UAE's keenness to support all solutions and initiatives aimed at halting escalation and ending the crisis in Sudan in a way that contributes to enhancing its stability and security and fulfilling the aspirations of its people", WAM added.

It was the first public communication between the two leaders since their relations soured last year.

The Sudanese army accused the UAE at the UN Security Council in June of providing weapons and support to its rival warring party, the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), in the country's 15-month-long conflict, which the Gulf country denied.

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