Sudan and Chad renew commitment for signed agreements

May 27, 2010 (KHARTOUM) — Sudan and Chad renewed today their commitment to security arrangements they had agreed particularly border monitoring and pledged to develop bilateral relation in other areas.

Chad’s President Idriss Deby was today in Khartoum to attend the inauguration of Sudanese President Omer Al-Bashir who was re-elected last month in the first multiparty elections since 24 years.

Presidents Bashir and Deby reaffirmed their commitment to the previous agreements and renewed their determination to not support any opposition movement and to ensure the stability and security in both countries because it helps to achieve peace in Darfur, said state minister for foreign affairs Ali Karti.

Karti who was briefing reporters after the meeting further said Bashir expressed his appreciation to the participation of the President Deby in the celebrations in his inauguration as President.

“He also praised everything done by Chadian President during the last few days,” he added.

Deby in unprecedented move banned the leader of the rebel Justice and Equality Movement from crossing through Chad to return to Darfur after suspending his participation in the Doha peace talks.

Deby had pledged to persuade the rebel group to sign a peace deal with Khartoum. He pushed JEM leader to sign a framework agreement with Khartoum on 23 March.

In a speech he delivered after the swearing-in ceremony before the Sudanese parliament Bashir pledged to work for the resolution of Darfur conflict in Doha based on the Abuja peace agreement signed in May 2006 with the former rebel leader Minni Minnawi.

Sudan recently launched a project to light villages on the border and other project for the benefit of residents of border areas. Other projects to construct roads and railways tracks are currently under preparation.

(ST)