US special envoy to participate in consultative meeting on Sudan

July 11, 2010 (KHARTOUM) — The U.S. Special Envoy to Sudan Scott Gration will travel to Sudan on Friday to take part in an international consultative meeting organized by the African Union (AU).

Sudan official news agency (SUNA) quoting a senior unnamed official said that the meeting will be attended by delegates from neighboring countries, Qatar, Norway, U.S. regional and international organizations, international envoys for Sudan and UN Security Council P-5 members.

The official said that the participants will discuss the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) and the Darfur crisis.

SUNA said that Gration will meet a number of officials and visit Darfur to review the situation on the ground.

The U.S. envoy skipped a meeting for international envoys on Darfur held last week and a mediation source said this was due to his disagreements with the head of the United Nations-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) Ibrahim Gambari.

(ST)