Russia to hold conference on Sudan next month
September 8, 2009 (MOSCOW) — Russia will hold an international meeting on October 6-7, to discuss Darfur crisis and the implementation of a peace agreement signed in 2005 between the Sudanese government and the former rebel SPLM, announced today Mikhail Margelov who is a presidential envoy to Sudan.
Margelov stressed that such meeting in needed because “Sudan constantly demands attention of the world community, and efforts are needed to boost a dialogue between the warring forces and achieve the implementation of the Khartoum Comprehensive Peace Agreement between the North and the South.”
He went further to add that the conference which involve politicians, scientists and lawyers have to make an extensive expertise, “to help the conflicting sides look at the events more objectively and find ways for reconciliation”
Moscow will present “a friendly and creative ground to those who are practically engaged in pacifying the warring sides and those who are interested in general problems of conflictology,” Margelov said in a statements published by the Russian Itar-Tass.
The fact is that conflicts in Sudan “have a multi-factor nature, and it is sometimes hard to determine the essence of clashes unambiguously”. The upcoming conference will focus on these issues, he underlined.
“Such conference of politicians, scientists and lawyers will be held for the first time” since the start of a violent conflict in Sudan, said Margelov, who is chairman of the international affairs committee at the Federation Council upper house of parliament.
Margelov said Sudan is one of the few conflicts where the members of the U.N. Security Council have similar view.
Envoys for Sudan from the United Nations, the European Union, China, the Netherlands, the USA, Finland and Sweden as well as the African Union, the League of Arab States, international humanitarian organizations, rectors of higher educational establishments and research institutes have already confirmed their participation.
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Russia to hold conference on Sudan next month
Great news and I hope solutions can be found to all the problems of our great nation.
khamic Isaac
Russia to hold conference on Sudan next month
It is good move Mr Mikhail but what I know NCP experties will not particpant in that conference because they go and discuss any issues regarding Sudan Conflict, they felt vitims and embrassed in the way they have governance the country and they are always defeat by the SPLM whenever they comes to the table because of their arrogant and luck of evident.
There is no doubt for Russia to hold an international meeting because the have seen that both NCP and the SPLM/SPLA are close friends where they hvae supply them with weapons but no one win the war. they have also seeing USA building close relationship with SPLA/M militarly and politically and if Russia base their relationship with NCP then South Sudan will be independent state while north have no resources to paid back expense.
Dear Russian do not base all your political system on military apart from economic.
Dinka Boy
Russia to hold conference on Sudan next month
I gree brother, if Basier step down and Salva Kiir tookover,then SPLA/M can change the whole Sudan system to be favorable to its citizens.