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President Donald Trump vowed that the U.S. would work on securing peace in Sudan thanks to the urging of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman.

Trump made the announcement while speaking to Saudi and U.S. officials at the Kennedy Center in Washington on Wednesday. The administration has been vocal about peace efforts in Sudan for months, but now Trump appears to be redoubling efforts.

"Working with the Crown Prince was amazing because said, 'Sir, you're talking about a lot of wars, but there's a place on Earth called Sudan, and it's horrible what's happening,'" Trump said, saying that MBS explained the cultural history behind the conflict.

"Really amazing to hear," Trump said, addressing the Saudi leader. "You know we've already started working on that, okay?"

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U.S. President Donald Trump and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman interact with officials during a "coffee ceremony" at the Saudi Royal Court on May 13, 2025, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

"We're working on that. We started about 30 minutes after you explained to us the great importance of that. I view it differently now than I did just a day ago," Trump added.

Trump's efforts come after Pope Leo XIV also called attention to the persecution of Christians in Sudan and elsewhere on Tuesday.

"In various parts of the world, Christians suffer discrimination and persecution. I think especially of Bangladesh, Nigeria, Mozambique, Sudan, and other countries from which we frequently hear of attacks on communities and places of worship," the Pope wrote in a statement.

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Fighters of the Sudan Liberation Movement, a Sudanese rebel group active in Sudan's Darfur State which supports army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, attend a graduation ceremony in the southeastern Gedaref state. (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)

"Let us pray that all violence may cease and that believers may work together for the common good," he added.

Talks to end the fighting between the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia, led by Gen. Muhammad Hamdan Dagalo Musa, known as Hemedti, and the Khartoum government’s Sudan Armed Forces (SAF), under the control of Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, began during the Biden administration but failed to make headway. They have since gained momentum under Trump, with the U.S. forming a so-called international Quad in September with Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.

Earlier this month, U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres called for an immediate ceasefire in Sudan. Speaking on the sidelines of a conference in Qatar, Guterres said the war was "spiraling out of control."

Members of the Sudanese army's Special Mission Forces batallion in the Northern State hold a parade in Karima city. (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)

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"The fall of El-Fasher to the RSF is a defining moment in Sudan’s brutal civil war", Mariam Wahba, research analyst at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD), told Fox News Digital. "It marks the militia’s full control of the Darfur region and leaves Sudan effectively split in two."

The U.N. reports that "over 21 million people across Sudan are facing high levels of acute food insecurity — the largest such crisis in the world." The latest Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) found that famine is ongoing in the now-captured El-Fasher and in Kadugli, South Kordofan, with families trapped and surviving on leaves, animal feed and grass.

Anders Hagstrom is a reporter with Fox News Digital covering national politics and major breaking news events. Send tips to [email protected], or on Twitter: @Hagstrom_Anders.