Sudanese minister, British ambassador discuss Darfur crisis

Oct 5, 2005 (KHARTOUM) — The minister of cabinet affairs, Deng Alor Kuol, met the British ambassador to Sudan, Ian Cliff, yesterday at the cabinet office secretariat.

The meeting tackled the situation in Darfur at political, security and services levels and the need to resolve the crisis under the Government of National Unity. Ways of including the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM) in the Abuja negotiations to help resolve the crisis in coordination with the government were also discussed.

At the same time, the meeting stressed how important it was to implement the peace agreement signed between the government and the SPLM and how to handle negative reactions sparked off by the report of the Abyei Border Demarcation Commission.

At the same time, the meeting discussed arrangements for the visit to the country by the EU High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy, Javier Solana, early next week to discuss a number of issues related to stages of the implementation of the peace agreement.

(ST)