US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken held talks with the two parties to the conflict in Sudan, the army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and the commander of the Rapid Deterrence Forces, Muhammad Hamdan Dagalo, where he "stressed the need to reach a cease-fire," according to ministry spokesman Vedant Patil on Tuesday.

Patel said that Blinken, who is in Japan to attend the G7 foreign ministers' meetings, had two separate conversations with the two generals, in which he expressed his "grave concern over the killing and wounding of many Sudanese civilians as a result of the ongoing and indiscriminate fighting."

Three days ago, the bloody clashes between the army and the Rapid Support Forces left more than 200 dead and 1,800 wounded.

Patel added that Blinken, in his speech, "stressed the responsibility of the two generals to ensure the security and safety of civilians, diplomats and humanitarian workers."

Blinken emphasized that the cease-fire "allows the delivery of humanitarian aid to those affected by the fighting, reunites Sudanese families, and allows the international community in Khartoum to make sure that its presence is safe."

The "humanitarian corridors" announced by the warring parties for three hours on Sunday afternoon failed to change the situation, as gunfire and explosions continued to be heard in Khartoum.

In addition to the indiscriminate gunshots that resulted in the killing of three World Food Program employees in Darfur, humanitarian workers had to deal with looting in the region, according to Save the Children.

On Monday night, the European Union announced that its ambassador in Khartoum had been "assaulted" at his home.

Tension had been lurking for weeks between al-Burhan and Dagalo, known as "Hemeti", who together removed civilians from power during a coup in October 2021, before their political dispute over power in particular turned into confrontations on Saturday.