U.N. to coordinate regularly with Arab League and African Union on Sudan peace efforts, secretary-general says

At the League of Arab States summit in Baghdad, the United Nations Secretary-General said he met with the secretary-general of the Arab League and the president of the African Union Commission and that the three agreed to regular contact to coordinate initiatives aimed at peace in Sudan.

"We decided to work together to have a regular contact among the 3 to get to coordinate all initiatives in relation to peace in Sudan," the secretary-general said. He added that, in an informal way, "representatives of the street" would help prepare meetings and that the African Union, Arab League and U.N. would work together for peace in Sudan.

Nut graf: The announcement signals a pledged trilateral coordination mechanism among key regional and international bodies, pairing formal intergovernmental contacts with informal stakeholder engagement to support peace efforts in Sudan.

The secretary-general said this arrangement followed a recent meeting with the Arab League and African Union leaders, and described the intent as both formal coordination and informal consultation to prepare joint meetings and initiatives. He did not provide operational details or a formal schedule for the coordination meetings.

Ending: The secretary-general presented the coordination as part of an effort to bring regional and international actors together behind initiatives to support peace in Sudan, with further details left unspecified.