KHARTOUM, Jan. 20 (Xinhua) -- The United States on Thursday said it would not resume suspended assistance to Sudan without an end to violence and the restoration of a civilian-led government, the U.S. embassy in Khartoum said in a statement.
U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Molly Phee and Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa David Satterfield on Thursday met with the different parties to the political crisis in Sudan, the statement said.
"In meetings with wide cross-section of Sudanese civil society, Phee and Satterfield shared the deep concern of the Sudanese people about the disruption of the democratic transition," the embassy said.
The two U.S. officials strongly condemned "the use of disproportionate force against protesters," the embassy said, adding that they called for transparent and independent investigations into the deaths and injuries that have occurred.
The U.S. envoys made clear that the United States would consider measures to hold accountable those responsible for failure to move forward on these goals, according to the statement.
Phee and Satterfield further urged the lifting of the state of emergency as a significant confidence-building measure, it added.
The two U.S. envoys endorsed the recently launched Sudanese-led political process facilitated by the UN Integrated Transition Assistance Mission to Sudan (UNITAMS) as a means to help Sudanese stakeholders identify a common way forward to overcome Sudan's political impasse, it noted.
Sudan has been suffering a political crisis after the general commander of the Sudanese Armed Forces Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan declared a state of emergency on Oct. 25, 2021 and dissolved the Sovereign Council and the government. ■