US will work to end war in Sudan at Saudi request: Trump

• Trump says he acted in Sudan within 30 minutes of the crown prince’s request.
• He says the US will work with Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Egypt to push for stability.
• 2023 conflict in Sudan has caused mass displacement, regional impact.

US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he would work to help end the war in Sudan after Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman asked him to get involved.

“We’ve already started working on it,” Trump told an investment conference in Saudi Arabia, a day after meeting the Saudi ruler at the White House.

Trump told the gathering, which was attended by bin Salman and his delegation, that his administration began working on the issue half an hour after the crown prince requested Tuesday’s meeting.

The US will work with the Kingdom, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Egypt and other Middle Eastern countries to end atrocities in the region and stabilize Sudan, Trump later said in a social media post.

The conflict in Sudan erupted in 2023 amid a power struggle between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Force ahead of a planned transition to civilian rule. It has caused ethnically charged bloodshed, widespread destruction and mass displacement, attracting foreign powers and threatening to disintegrate Sudan.

Saudi Arabia’s crown prince believes immediate pressure from Trump is needed to break the deadlock in talks to end the more than two-and-a-half-year-old war, pointing to his work in brokering a ceasefire in Gaza last month, five people familiar with the matter said.

The Saudi leader appeared to address the US president’s view of himself as a peacemaker, according to Trump’s account.

“Yesterday he brought up Sudan and said, ‘Sir, you talk about a lot of wars, but there’s a place on Earth called Sudan and it’s horrible what’s going on,'” Trump said.

For Saudi Arabia, resolving the conflict is linked to national security, given that hundreds of miles of Sudanese coastline lie across from the kingdom’s Red Sea coast.

“Huge atrocities are taking place in Sudan,” Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social. “It has become the most violent place on Earth and, likewise, the greatest humanitarian crisis. Food, doctors and everything else are desperately needed.”