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Blocking Al Burhan from UNGA part of growing US efforts to stop Sudan war, says Massad Boulos

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The US is hardening its position towards Sudan’s warring parties to end the war, using a growing pressure toolkit that includes sanctions, efforts to expand the arms embargo and other measures, US envoy Massad Boulos told The National . One of those measures was Washington’s decision not to grant Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) chief Gen Abdel Fattah Al Burhan a visa to attend the UN General Assembly’s high-level debate week in person. "We don't have Gen Al Burhan in New York. That was a clear move to indicate a lack of appreciation for their position," Mr Boulos, US President Donald Trump's senior adviser for Arab and African affairs, said in an interview on the sidelines of the General Assembly. Gen Al Burhan had been due to deliver his country’s address at the UN despite facing accusations of war crimes and US sanctions over his forces' use of chemical weapons during the devastating conflict. Mr Boulos said the US remained in contact with both the SAF and the paramilitary Rapid Support