United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, in a phone call with Sudan's army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, affirmed the UAE's support for initiatives aiming at ending the crisis in Sudan, Emirati state news agency WAM reported on Thursday. The Sudanese army accused the Gulf country of providing weapons and support to its rival warring party, the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), in the country's 15-month long conflict, which was denied by UAE.