The top American and Emirati diplomat spoke Friday about the need to end the Sudan war, the US State Department said.

]“The Secretary and the Foreign Minister continued discussions on our collective efforts to achieving a humanitarian ceasefire in Sudan,” State Department Principal Deputy Spokesperson Tommy Pigott said after a call between Secretary of State Marco Rubio and UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed.

“The Secretary and Sheikh Abdullah reaffirmed the strategic relationship between the United States and the UAE,” Pigott added.

US President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he had started to work on ending the war in Sudan, revealing that the effort was launched at the personal request of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman during their White House meeting.

Sudan’s army, which is in a bloody civil war with the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), has repeatedly accused the UAE of backing its rivals with weapons and mercenaries. The UAE has denied the accusations.

Rubio last week said the United States knew which countries were supplying weapons to the RSF and that he would raise concerns without naming any one country.