Sudanese President stresses on his government’s commitment to peace?

KHARTOUM, Jan 27, 2004 (KUNA) — Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir stressed ‏‏Tuesday on his government’s commitment to peace as a strategic and essential ‏‏choice for the Sudanese nation.
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Sudanese News Agency said that al-Bashir, during his meeting with his Vice ‏‏Ali Osman Taha, praised the efforts of Taha in the negotiations with the ‏‏Public Movement that ended Monday, calling for increasing the efforts to reach ‏‏an everlasting, final, and peaceful solution. ‏
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Taha, regarding the conflict of the three areas, said that the Sudanese ‏‏government and the PM reached a solution regarding the South Kardafan and Blue ‏‏Nile areas, the only area left is Abeye City. ‏
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He expressed his hopes that the next round of negotiations, starting on ‏‏February 17, will result in a final solution. ‏
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The third round of negotiations ended Monday without reaching a solution ‏‏for the three areas conflict, because of the oil-rich Abeye City located ‏‏between the north and the south. The 58-day negotiations solved the wealth ‏‏conflict, one of three files left to reach the final solution which ends the ‏‏longest civil war in Africa.