The UN Security Council met behind closed doors at 2000 GMT yesterday after Western powers, supported by their African counterparts, demanded the meeting.
Diplomats said members expressed concern about the volatile situation and indicated that negotiations about issuing a joint declaration were continuing.
A text could be adopted Wednesday, said one diplomat who spoke on condition of anonymity.
Unlike a first draft, it would no longer refer to denouncing the coup “in the strongest terms” but retains a condemnation of the putsch, said another diplomat.
It remains to be seen whether Russia and China — permanent members with veto power — will support the phrasing.
Before the meeting, Dmitry Polyanskiy, Russia’s deputy ambassador to the UN, said the council “should appeal to stop the violence from all sides.”
“That’s the most important thing. Violence is unacceptable from all sides. Let’s work on some document and then we’ll see what we agree on. We are all preoccupied with what’s happening in Sudan,” he added.
‘Hope for condemnation’ of coup at UN Security Council
“The hope is that this meeting will lead to a joint condemnation of the military coup,” said FRANCE 24’s New York correspondent Jessica Le Masurier, who is at the UN. “The UK is the penholder on Sudan and is working on a statement. But it’s working with China and Russia. In the past, these two powers have blocked statements on Sudan.”
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