Chad, Sudan affirm progress on normalization of ties
June 1, 2007 (TRIPOLI) — Sudanese and Chadian officials have affirmed improvement of bilateral relations between the two countries, saying that they are finalizing details for normalization of ties.
Akol said today’s meting was aimed at putting the final touches to the normalization of relations between Sudan and Chad.
On February 8, 2006, Sudan’s Bashir and Chad President Idriss Deby agreed to end the crisis in the so-called Tripoli Agreement requiring they stop insurgents setting up bases on their territories and end propaganda against one another. The year-old agreement aimed also at boosting security along their troubled border.
The Sudanese minister said that under the agreement an understanding had been reached on several issues such as respecting the borders and the sovereignty of each country and the setting up of a military committee to follow up the implementation of the agreement.
The minister went on to say that as part of the implementation of the agreement, a meeting was held in Khartoum on 1 May to discuss the details of the implementation of its articles, especially the military aspect which concerned the monitoring of borders to make sure that no party crosses into the territory of another.
The Chadian foreign minister Ahmat Allam-Mi said that relations between his country and Sudan were improving since the latest African four-party summit on May 13. The minister added that since then relations had been improving and that the two countries held direct contacts.
Allam-Mi went on to say that the mechanisms that had been decided to monitor security issues and the issue of establishing security on the borders was progressing very well through joint forces between the two countries and under the supervision of Libya and Eritrea. He also said “we look forward in the next few months to activate this operation and expand it.”
(ST)