Outgoing US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Thursday he regretted his inability to end the brutal war in Sudan and voiced hope that President-elect Donald Trump's administration will keep trying.
"It is for me, yes, another real regret that when it comes to Sudan, we haven't been able on our watch to get to that day of success," Blinken said at a farewell news conference.
There have been "some improvements in getting humanitarian assistance in through our diplomacy, but not an end to the conflict, not an end to the abuses, not an end to the suffering of people," he said.
"We'll keep working at it for the next three days, and I hope the next administration will take that on as well," he said.
Blinken last week determined that the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, at war with Sudan's army since April 2023, had committed genocide.
Blinken said that the army "has also committed war crimes, and it continues to target civilians" and regretted its refusal to engage in a series of ceasefire talks.
