CAIRO, April 20. /TASS/. Sudan's Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has agreed to a ceasefire with the Sudanese army for the holiday of Eid Al-Fitr, which marks the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, a spokesman for the special forces said on Thursday.

"We agree to a humanitarian ceasefire during Eid Al-Fitr, mediated by Egypt, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia," the Al Arabiya TV channel quoted the spokesman as saying.

He said the Rapid Support Forces "do not have any ideological or political preferences, and act only in the interests of the country". According to the spokesman, the commander of the army, who is also the head of the Sovereign Council (governing body) of Sudan, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, "must stick to the framework agreement concluded earlier and leave the political scene".

Previously, Egypt, the UAE and Saudi Arabia, among others, mediated efforts to persuade the parties to the Sudanese conflict to immediately cease fire and begin negotiations to resolve the situation in the country.

Eid Al-Fitr begins at the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. This year the vast majority of Islamic countries begin celebrating it on Friday, April 21.

The situation in Sudan escalated due to disagreements between SAF commander Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, who also heads the Sovereign Council (the country’s governing body), and his deputy in the council, Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo (Hemedti), the Rapid Support Forces chief. On the morning of April 15, clashes broke out between the two groups near a military base in Merowe and in the Sudanese capital of Khartoum. According to the latest figures from the doctor’s union, there are almost 200 civilians, more than 1,000 wounded. Over 3,300 were forced to leave their homes.