Egyptian minister outlines goals of Mubarak, Qaddafi summit with Sudan leaders
December 20, 2010 (CAIRO) – Egypt’s minister of foreign Affairs Ahmad Abu al-Ghait has confirmed that his president Hosni Mubarak will arrive in Khartoum on Tuesday to hold a summit with Sudan’s president Omer Hassan Al-Bashir and the Libyan leader Muammar Al-Qaddafi as well as the president of South Sudan Salva Kiir.
The CPA is the 2005’s peace deal that ended decades of civil war between north and south Sudan. The deal gave the south great autonomy with a chance to gain full independence in a referendum vote set to take place on January 9, 2011. The south is widely expected to split from the north.
The signatories of the agreement, the National Congress Party (NCP) of president Al-Bashir in the north and the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM) led by Salva Kiir in the south, are deadlocked over a host of issues related to post-referendum arrangements, including citizenship, borders, international conventions, oil revenues, currency as well as the contested central area of Abyei.
The Egyptian minister noted the crucial cross road at which Sudan currently stands, adding that the summit also aims to emphasize the importance of holding the plebiscite in a transparent and free environment in a way that reflects the true will of south Sudan people.
He further disclosed that the summit would attempt to help the two partners to break the deadlock over post-referendum arrangements.
According to the Egyptian minister, President Mubarak would also discuss with the two partners means of establishing strong north-south ties based on common interests in sustaining peace and achieving economic development.
The Egyptian minister further pointed out that the summit would discuss ways of resolving Darfur problem through encouraging all rebel factions to join the peace talks currently underway in the Qatari capital al-Doha.
The high-profile visit by Al-Qaddafi and Mubarak is seen as linked to letters sent two days ago by US president Barack Obama to leaders in the region underlining the importance of ensuring peaceful conduct of the referendum in Sudan and peaceful settlement to Darfur problem.
Darfur conflict began in 2003 when rebels belonging mostly to African ethnic groups took up arms against the government, prompting the latter to lauch an abusive counterinsurgency campaign that killed nearly 300.000 people and displaced over 2 million, according to UN figures.
The Khartoum government disputes the death toll, saying it only stands at 10.000.
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Anyang
Egyptian minister outlines goals of Mubarak, Qaddafi summit with Sudan leaders
Even though it’s too little too late, then I think it’s the right way to go given the fact that Egypt and Libya will have much to lose if the alternative would be the resumption of war on those critical issues.Having said that, I believed the only way out of the impasses will depend on how serious,fair and gracious the negotiation are.Otherwise,it will be hard to unlock everything easily, unless the NCP’s rhetorical approached is changes.
Nhomlawda
Egyptian minister outlines goals of Mubarak, Qaddafi summit with Sudan leaders
President Kiir should not attend this meeting in Khartoum. If the meeting is about Southern Sudan than Libyan and Egyptian Leaders plus Al Bashir should come to Juba and meet Kiir in Juba.
If it is regional meeting than it should be taken to Addis Ababa.
No more meetings for president Kiir outside Juba till referendum conduct is carried out.
Nhomlaw.
Stephen Gatloth K
Egyptian minister outlines goals of Mubarak, Qaddafi summit with Sudan leaders
Hosni`s visited to Sudan based on his own interest,but not releviance to any thing concerning the referandum.Only he (Hosni)visited just to see and experience how much their interest is valued in Nile water share,in case south sudan will seperate from north sudan.
For him to caries Gadefi along,is just to praise the word of Islam before Gadefi and Bacher since they are the same Arab nation.Becuase Gadefi is for long time disagree with Bacher just two deffirent interests presented at ago.
Salva Kiir must be alert in any summit conducting between him and Arab leaders, these people alwas their words and hands to shake are piosonous.