The Saudi-US-mediated discussions between the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) that started on May 6 in Jeddah have not yet yielded much public information.

But SAF leader Gen Abdel Fattah al-Burhan on Monday told Egypt's Al-Qahera News TV that "there is no use in sitting at the negotiating table in Saudi Arabia” without a genuine ceasefire.

Gen Burhan said he welcomed all initiatives that aim to stop bloodshed but stressed that the RSF must give up its weapons.

A Saudi diplomat had earlier told AFP news agency that the discussions have yielded “no major progress”.

Numerous ceasefires have been violated since the conflict erupted on 15 April.