Sudan delegation to UN general assembly holds Darfur consultations

September 24, 2009 (WASHINGTON) — The Sudanese delegation to the UN General Assembly meetings in New York this week held series of meetings with world officials focused on the Darfur crisis.

Sudan official news agency (SUNA) reported that presidential adviser Ghazi Salah Al-Deen met with the Egyptian foreign minister Ahmed Aboul-Gheit to discuss the “positive development” in Darfur and the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA).

The agency quoted Aboul-Gheit as saying that his government support unity and stability in Sudan.

Salah Al-Deen also met with African Union (AU) commissioner Jean Ping, United Kingdom Foreign Secretary David Miliband along with UK special envoy to Sudan Michael O’Neill, Algerian Foreign minister Mourad Medelci, Irish foreign minister Michael Martin and Qatari foreign minister Hamad Bin Jabr Al-Thani.

Al-Thani and Salah Al-Deen also discussed the Doha peace talks and the expected resumption of talks in late October.

The Sudanese official also briefed Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina Sven Alkalaj on the current situation in Sudan.

SUNA noted that Bosnia and Herzegovina will join the UN Security Council (UNSC) next year as a non-permanent member.

(ST)