(MENAFN) Sudan's military and political parties have agreed to collaborate toward a democratic administration, bringing an end to a crisis that began last year when the army took control in a coup.
The agreement, signed on Monday by Sudan's two ruling generals, Abdel-Fattah al-Burhan and Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo, and civilian leaders of the Forces for Freedom and Change coalition, offers for a two-year transition toward democratic elections and places the Sudanese military under civilian control, according to Reuters.
The accord is the first of two proposed settlements intended at restoring Sudan's political stability, but it has been boycotted by opposition organizations known as the Resistance Committees, which have repeatedly refused to talk with the military. Former military chiefs who have formed their own political coalition have also opposed the agreement.
The Resistance Committees have already called for anti-agreement protests.
The US quickly halted $700 million in aid to Khartoum, with State Department spokesman Ned Price threatening to employ "any and all appropriate measures" to return the African nation to civilian governance.
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