UN Special Representative in Sudan met with Burhan on Wednesday

The UN Special Representative in Sudan, Volkes Perthes, met with General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan on Wednesday, his office confirmed on Thursday. 

Perthes called on Burhan during the meeting to de-escalate the situation and have access to and release detainees.

The United Nations Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan (UNITAMS) said Perthes "offered his good offices to facilitate a political settlement towards the restoration of the transitional partnership."