Eritrea, Sudan review Eastern Sudan peace implementation

Nov 1, 2006 (KHARTOUM) — A visiting Eritrean delegation held talks today here on the Eastern Sudan Peace Agreement (ESPA) implementations as well as on the bilateral relations.

An Eritrean delegation arrived in the country this afternoon. It included the head of political affairs at the [ruling] People’s Front for Democracy and Justice [PFDJ], Mr Yemane Gebreab, the Eritrean president’s political advisor, Eritrean mediator for the eastern talks as well as the chairperson for organizational affairs at the PFDJ, Mr Abdallah Jabir.

Presidential Assistant, Nafie Ali Nafie, on Wednesday reviewed with the visiting head of political affairs at the Eritrean ruling People’s Front for Democracy and Justice (PFDJ) Yemane Gebreab who is Eritrean president’s political advisor and Eritrean mediator for the eastern talks, the process of the bilateral relations between the Sudan and Eritrea and means of boosting joint cooperation in the various domains.

Nafie has pointed out that the meeting reviewed the measures that were taken to prepare ground for the implementation of the ESPA that was signed under the Eritrean sponsorship.

He said the two sides also reviewed bilateral relations at the political and official levels.

The meeting between Nafie and the Eritrean official was also attended by Abdallah Jabir the chairperson for organizational affairs at the PFDJ and on the Sudanese side by Mustafa Osman Ismail, the head of the government delegation to the Eritrean talks as well as General Salah Aballah the head of the Security and National Intelligence and Kamal Obied Secretary of the External Relations Department in the National Congress.

(ST)