Massad Boulos, the US senior adviser for Arab and African affairs, met the UAE's foreign minister in Abu Dhabi on Monday. The visit comes as the Trump administration redoubles its efforts to end Sudan’s conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces.  

What happened: Boulos, who has been leading the Trump administration's diplomatic efforts on Sudan, met with UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayed as well as senior officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, according to Emirati state news agency WAM. 

According to WAM, the two diplomats discussed the latest developments in Sudan, as well as "ways to enhance regional and international efforts aimed at ending the crisis." Sheikh Abdullah "pointed to the UAE’s support for a politically driven, civilian-led process to resolve the crisis," WAM reported. 

Right before the visit, SAF chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan criticized Boulos. He described the envoy's proposal delivered to the army as the “worst” yet, saying that it "eliminates the armed forces, dissolves security agencies and keeps the militia [RSF] where they are." In late October, Boulos confirmed that a document outlining a truce proposal had been delivered to both the SAF and the RSF. In early November, Boulos said that the two warring sides had agreed "in principle" to the truce, yet Burhan's latest statements seem to be out of step with that assertion.