Sudan SPLM to hold talks with Darfur rebel JEM

Nov 15, 2005 (KHARTOUM) — The Sudan people’s Liberation Movement (SPLM) has revealed that it would hold intensive talks with the Darfur rebel Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) within the next few days.

So that the SPLM can come up with a view that would satisfy all the parties taking part in the forthcoming Abuja talks.

In a press statement to the pro ruling party news service SMC, the chairman of the SPLM parliamentarian bloc, Yasir Arman, said this agreement was reached during a recent meeting with JEM leader Khalil Ibrahim in Asmara.

He said Ibrahim had informed him that his movement was committed to reaching a just political agreement to the Darfur problem in the forthcoming talks.

Arman affirmed that the close ties between the SPLM and the leaders of the JEM would facilitate a lasting solution to the Darfur problem.

He pointed out that the SPLM’s participation in the forthcoming talks would prove that it is able to use these ties to reach a peaceful settlement to the Darfur dossier.

(ST)