Peace negotiators to sign accord on wealth sharing on 19 December

Peace negotiators to sign accord on wealth sharing on 19 December

Excerpt from report by Salah Babu-Allah entitled “intense meetings between Taha and Garang to sort out outstanding issues”; published by Sudanese newspaper Al-Sahafah on December 14, 2003

Sources close to the [peace] negotiation [venue] have revealed that First Vice-President Ali Uthman Muhammad Taha, and the leader of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement [SPLM] Dr John Garang, will sign a framework agreement by initialisation regarding wealth sharing issue before next Friday [19 December].

The sources told Al-Sahafah that the negotiation atmosphere was characterized by positive indications.

Meanwhile, the first vice-president and the SPLM leader have held two separate meetings, first at 11.30 am until 1.30 p.m. [local time]. The sources added that the two leaders entered into a second meeting which started at 9.00 p.m. last night and continued until late hours in the night.

The sources said both meetings focused only on the issue of wealth sharing.

BBC Monitoring Middle East