Garang-Taha peace talks resume in December in Kenya?

KHARTOUM, Nov. 13, 2003 (KUNA) — Peace talks between Vice-president Ali Othman ‏Taha and rebel leader John Garang will be resumed on December 5 in Kenya, it ‏was announced here on Thursday.‏

There will be a round of preliminary talks between the Sudanese government ‏and Garang’s Sudan People’s Liberation Movement ahead of the December meeting ‏between Garang and Taha, said Sudanese Presidential advisor Ghazi Alatbani, in ‏remarks he made to the press today.‏

‏Alatbani discounted the possibility that the December talks would be ‏elevated to the presidential level requiring the participation of President ‏Omar Albashir.‏
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The advisor emphasized that the next round of talks would deal with ‏‏political choices that must be made in view of the fact that all technical ‏‏aspects of issues on the table have already been thoroughly propounded.