Arab League envoy to visit Sudan for talks on Darfur

March 8, 2008 (CAIRO) — Arab League envoy to Sudan is expected to arrive in Khartoum on Sunday for talks with Sudanese officials over peace process in the country and Darfur humanitarian situation.

Salah Halima will discuss mainly during his visit the outcome of Arab League Conference on humanitarian situation in Darfur held last October in the Sudanese capital.

He further will determine the schedules for meetings of committees on the follow-up implementation of the conference’s resolutions

Further the Arab League envoy would visit the three Darfur States to find out the latest developments there; also he will visit other regions in the Sudan during the current visit.

Halima said he would meet during the visit with senior Sudanese officials and contacts with all concerned Sudanese peace file, whether in Darfur or the south or the east.

He pointed out that he would meet envoys of the United Nations and the African Union to Sudan to coordinate on the course of the peace process in the country

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