U.N. starts talks in Sudan to resolve post-coup crisis

FILE PHOTO: A Sudan flag is being flown as protesters march during a rally against the military rule, following last month's coup in Khartoum, Sudan, January 9, 2022. REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah

KHARTOUM (Reuters) -The United Nations said it was starting consultations in Sudan on Monday to try to salvage the country's move to democracy after a military coup.

U.N. officials was contacting parties to look for a way forward, and the army had raised no objections to the initiative, U.N. special representative Volker Perthes told reporters. "We want to move quickly," he said.