Sudan’s NCP briefs foreign envoys on national dialogue progress
August 31, 2015 (KHARTOUM) – A number of foreign ambassadors in Khartoum asked the ruling National Congress Party (NCP) for more details on steps undertaken to ensure the success of the national dialogue progress that is scheduled to formally convene on October 10th.
Ismail said in press statements on Monday that the three ambassadors stressed their strong support for national dialogue and expressed their desire to see the dialogue make a positive leap that would contribute to bringing about stability and development in Sudan.
“We conveyed to the ambassadors the steps undertaken so far in the dialogue process and the keenness of the government and the parties especially the 7 +7 mechanism to make it a success so that it would address the country’s problems and lead to the opening up of Sudan’s foreign relations,” Ismail said.
He went on to say that he conveyed to diplomats his assurances that the dialogue aims to stop the war and create political consensus and addressing all the problems facing the country.
The NCP official said that consensus in the upcoming dialogue conference will contribute and help in drafting a new constitution for the country that would improve Sudan’s foreign relations that would eventually reflect on the people’s livelihoods.
“The Sudanese are keen on a dialogue that would bring about a positive shift in light of the tension that the world is witnessing, and a positive shift in security, stability and development in Sudan,” Ismail said.
In a speech before the general assembly of the dialogue process this month, the Sudanese president Omer Hassan al-Bashir expressed readiness to declare a two-month ceasefire in Blue Nile, South Kordofan states and Darfur region and renewed his offer of amnesty for the rebel who are willing to join the national dialogue.
(ST)