Darfur rebel leader urges British PM to make efforts to stop violence before talks
April 13, 2008 (PARIS) — A Darfur rebel leader urged the British Prime Minister to exert efforts in order to arrest against the civilians in the war-torn region of western Sudan before proposing to host the peace process.
Abdel-Wahid al-Nur, the leader of the Sudan Liberation Movement, told Sudan Tribune, that the problem, at this stage, is not on the negotiations but on how to create conducive environment to hold it
“We hope that Brown joins us to pressurize Khartoum to stop the janjaweed attacks and the bombing of civilians and to resettle these population affected by the conflict in their villages in order to create the conducive conditions to convene peace talks” said.
“Human security is vital before the negotiations” Al-Nur added.
The SLM founder said the negotiations with Khartoum should be dedicated to discuss the root causes of the conflict for a total settlement of the crisis.
“The peace talks should discuss how to create new political order where the equal citizens’ rights of Darfurians and all the Sudanese preserved.” he underlined.
The office of Prime Minister Gordon Brown timed the announcement to coincide with Sunday’s Global Day for Darfur. It’s a day of events aimed at raising awareness of suffering in the Western Sudanese region.
Darfur’s rebel movement SLM-AW and Justice and Equality have been unwilling to participate in the UN-AU brokered negotiations organised last October in Libya.
(ST)