UN official says Darfur talks deadlocked

Feb 15, 2006 (KHARTOUM) — During a press conference today, the UN spokesperson in Sudan, Radhia Achouri, said that the seventh round of talks in Abuja between the government and the Darfur armed movements did not manage to make any achievement.

She said that the course of talks in some of the dossiers was very slow and that the security instability on the ground affected it negatively.

However, the flow of talks in some the dossiers have become a bit faster and hoped that it would continue in that way.

Achouri urged the negotiating sides to take full responsibility towards the Darfur people.

She said that at a time when the talks were moving slowly there were hundreds of thousands facing dangers of death in IDPs camps. She said that negotiation parties should take that in to regard.

The spokespoerson of AU Mission in Sudan said that Sudanese parties in Darfur peace talks have realised significant progress in the wealth sharing and security arrangements,. But it seems that the negotiations are deadlocked on the question of Power sharing.

(ST)