France welcomes Sudan accord, urges conclusion of outstanding points?
PARIS, Jan 8, 2004 (KUNA) — France on Thursday said it welcomed the agreement reached by the warring factions in Sudan and urged negotiators to conclude the territorial and political talks on outstanding questions.
Noting that there was now an agreement on the sharing of natural resources notably oil wealth, the French government said the parties must strive for a broad and final agreement that will end the decades-old conflict.
“France calls on the two parties to pursue negotiations on the remaining points with the same constructive spirit in order to conclude, as quickly as possible, a general peace accord,” a Foreign Ministry statement said.
France also praised the role of Kenya in helping broker the agreement between the Muslim government in Khartoum and Christian and Animist forces under the umbrella of the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Sudan, which is based mainly in the south.