President shakes hands with the Head of Sudan's Sovereign Council in Juba. January 13, 2023. (Photo: Office of the President).

The intervention of President Salva Kiir in the Sudanese crisis requires the consent of the warring parties, the government spokesperson has said.

This statement comes after Sudan strongly rejected the proposed deployment of East African forces and threatened to suspend its membership in the regional body, IGAD.

The Peace talks between Sudanese warring parties stalled after IGAD replaced President Salva Kiir with Kenyan President William Ruto as head of the mediating team.

Michael Makuei told the press in Juba on Tuesday, August 15 that there have been several initiatives to resolve the Sudan war.

In April this year, the IGAD Heads of State delegated President Salva Kiir, Kenyan President William Ruto, and Djiboutian President Ismail Omar Guelleh to travel to Khartoum to mediate dialogue among the Sudanese parties.

Weeks later the Sudanese government rejected Kenyan President Ruto to take part in the mediation team, which was to be led by President Kiir.

But last month, leaders from Sudan’s seven neighbouring countries agreed in Cairo to an Egyptian-led initiative seeking to resolve the deepening conflict in the African country.

Experts suggested that IGAD was supposed to have a speedy response to Sudan’s rejection of Ruto’s role as head of the Quartet Group.

Sudan issued the IGAD quartet group for the resolution of the Sudanese crisis and decided to request a meeting for the East Africa Standby Force to explore the potential deployment of troops for civilian protection and ensuring humanitarian access.

Minister of Information Michael Makuei now says for President Kiir to be actively engaged in the mediation process, the warring parties should first give a green light.

“IGAD has nominated Salva Kiir to lead the team to mediate in Sudan, it was President Salva, President Ruto and the President of Djibouti, these were the three agreed by the IGAD,” the government spokesperson said.

“The IGAD decided to appoint Ruto as the Chair, membership of Salva, membership of Djibouti and membership of Ethiopia and appointed President Salva as the deputy chair of IGAD. Off course these are issues to do with the organization,” Makuei said.

“President Salva is not moving because he’s no longer the chair, as long as if there’s anything at all, if anybody wants President Salva to intervene then should be the parties to agree,” he said.

“The parties who are fighting in Sudan are the ones to agree and demand that we are going to South Sudan and then the initiative should be shared by President Salva, it’s they to make it.”

The four-month of fighting between the army and the Rapid Support Force has turned Sudan’s capital Khartoum into an urban battlefield.

The conflict forced more than 2.4 million people to flee their homes for safer areas inside the country, according to the International Organization for Migration.

The latest report from the United Nations said more than 3 million people have been displaced due to the conflict in Sudan both internally and across the border with neighboring countries.