Meles receives message from Sudanese President
Dec 7, 2005 (ADDIS ABABA) — Prime Minister Meles Zenawi said the efforts launched to ensure sustainable peace in the Sudan have registered satisfactory results.
Prime Minister Meles made the remark while receiving a message from Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir here on Wednesday.
Conferring with President al-Bashir’s Special Advisor, Gazi Salah Eddine Attabani in his office, Prime Minister Meles said encouraging results have been witnessed from the ongoing efforts towards ensuring sustainable peace in the Sudan.
Meles said the Inter-Sudanese peace talks aimed at bringing about sustainable peace in southern Sudan are also promising.
Prime Minister Meles also discussed with Gazi on the overall current affairs in the Sudan, according to a senior Ethiopian government official who attended the discussion.
President al-Bashir through his message invited Prime Minister Meles to attend the AU Summit due to be held at the end of next month in the Sudan, the official said, adding Prime Minister Meles has accepted the invitation and assured the special advisor that he would take part in the Summit.
After the talks, Gazi told journalists that the Comprehensive Peace Accord signed by the Sudanese government and opposition forces is being implemented.
The Special Advisor said various activities aimed at creating favorable condition for the implementation of the comprehensive peace accord are also being underway.
Similarly, Gazi said, efforts are being exerted and peace talks have also been carried out in a bid to peacefully resolve the Darfur crisis.
He also indicated discussions were held between him and Prime Minister Meles on the existing Ethio-Sudan cooperation which, he said, has significant importance for the people of the two countries.
(ENA/ST)