African Union meets Sudanese opposition in France : diplomat
April 19, 2016 (KHARTOUM) – In a bid to convince the opposition holdout groups to join the Roadmap Agreement, the African Union (AU) has dispatched some delegates to Paris where the Sudan Call forces are meeting.
“Now a meeting is taking place in Paris, attended by the opposition parties and the African Union to urge the (opposition groups) gathered in France to join the document as soon as possible,” Kan said according to a statement released by the Sudanese foreign ministry spokesperson Ali al-Sadiq.
Kan further emphasized that the Roadmap obligates all the parties to negotiate on all the raised issues and that it represents the beginning of a lasting peaceful solution.
The Sudanese foreign ministry on Tuesday organized a briefing for the African diplomats in Khartoum to inform them about the government efforts to achieve peace in Sudan.
Speaking at the meeting, the Under-Secretary Abdel Ghani al-Naeim briefed the meeting about the conduct of Darfur administrative referendum as provided in the Doha Document for Peace in Darfur, and the signing of the Roadmap Agreement brokered by the African Union High Level Implementation Panel (AUHIP) on 21 March.
Kan from his side, briefed the African diplomats about the AUHIP efforts to end Darfur crisis and the armed conflict in Blue Nile and South Kordofan states.
The AUHIP roadmap provides to cease hostilities and allow humanitarian access to the war affected civilians. But, the opposition rejects the peace plan because it acknowledges the ongoing dialogue process held by the ruling National Congress Party (NCP) in Khartoum and excludes some opposition forces member of the Sudan Call.
The Sudanese opposition meeting in Paris aims to consider organizational issues and open it to include a new coalition of opposition groups, the Future Forces of Change (FFC).
The meeting will also set out a strategy of a joint strategy against the regime of President Omer al-Bashir
(ST)