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UNAMID chief, Darfur rebel leader meet in Kampala

March 22, 2011 (KHARTOUM) – The Joint Special Representative Ibrahim Gambari met yesterday evening in the Ugandan capital with the Chairman of the Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM), Abdel Wahid Al-Nur hours after announcing the cancellation of the meeting.

Ibrahim Gambari (photo UN)
Ibrahim Gambari (photo UN)

The SLM told Sudan Tribune that the meeting had been cancelled due to some technical reasons related to the arrival of the rebel leader to Nairobi, and reiterated that they will to fix another date for the reunion.

However Gambari and Nur held the meeting on Monday evening after the peacekeeping mission through its liaison office in Kampala managed to obtain he needed permission from the Ugandan authorities for the meeting, Sudan Tribune has learnt.

The rebel group and the peacekeeping operation discussed ways to cooperate in the areas of humanitarian access to the rebel controlled zones in the restive region. Also they agreed on the need to provide security for the civilians in Darfur.

Gambari met President Omer Al-Bashir in Khartoum Monday before to fly to the Ugandan capital. After the meeting, he told reporters that they discussed the security situation and the developments of the political process in Darfur.

(ST)

1 Comment

  • Cibaipiath Junub Sudan
    Cibaipiath Junub Sudan

    UNAMID chief, Darfur rebel leader meet in Kampala
    Which one is which? “..Joint Special Representative Ibrahim Gambari met yesterday evening….the meeting had been cancelled due to some technical reasons related to arival of rebel leader to Nairobi…”.

    Meeting intended for humanitarian reasons!!! Why is it likely to be convened in Kampala? This is the very reason Bashir is supporting the LRA of Uganda. You need to suspense this meeting. You need to go and lobby for support of the UNSC and International community, the superpower to intervene in Darfur crisis. Look the international community are concerned over the recent uprising in Libya but less concern over the Darfur issue. What is the reason behind their concern? One will simply imagine that they have interest in Libya- Libyan Oil.

    Let the International community go to Darfur with food and Military.

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