Sudan’s intelligence chief reiterates peaceful solution for Darfur crisis
June 6, 2007 (KHARTOUM) — The chief of Sudan’s intelligence department reiterated on Wednesday the government’s commitment to a peaceful solution for the current crisis in the western Sudanese region of Darfur.
Salah Abdallah Mohamed Gosh, the director general of the Sudanese National Security and Intelligence Service, made the remarks while addressing the opening session of the fourth conference of the Committee of Intelligence and Security Services of Africa (CISSA).
“Dialogue and negotiation constitute the proper base for solving conflicts,” the Sudanese intelligence chief said, noting that the peaceful solution was the only way to build a concrete base for the realization of security and stability in Darfur.
He said that all the peace agreements which had been signed by the Sudanese government represented extremely important steps for realizing permanent peace and stability in Sudan.
“The Sudanese government will cooperate with all the parties concerned for solving the Darfur crisis,” he asserted.
Sudanese Vice President Osman Mohammed Taha, on his part, stressed his country’s readiness to overcome the obstacles on the way of realizing the peace in Darfur.
He urged the international donors to keep their commitments to extending Sudan with helps for the rebuilding and reconstruction process in Darfur, adding that the Sudanese government would continue its efforts even without the assistances from the outside.
Intelligence officers from more than 50 African countries and representatives from European countries and the United States as well as international and regional organizations attended the opening session of the conference which will last for two days.
The CISSA was established in August 2004 in Abuja, Nigeria, to close the existing gap in the continental security architecture on intelligence matters.
The theme of the Khartoum conference is “Towards enhanced stability, peace and security in Africa.”
Participants will discuss ways to provide information in the field of intelligence and security to Africa political leadership in order to maintain peace and security in the continent.
They will also discuss how to strengthen and build confidence between security and intelligence organs of their countries as well as regional counterparts outside African continent.
(Xinhua)