July 2, 2008 (KHARTOUM) — Sudan accepts the Congolese mediation to end conflict with Chad, the declaration was made during a meeting between the visiting President Denis Sassou Nguesso and President Omer al-Bashir in Khartoum.
- Denis Sassou Nguesso
However Ambassador Khedr Haroun Director of the Department of bilateral regional relations at the foreign ministry said that Nguesso didn’t elaborate the details of his mediation.
This announcement comes at a time where President Idris Deby told Radio France Internationale (RFI) that he had refused to meet al-Bashir on the sideline of the African summit in Egypt. The Burkina Faso president Blaise Compaore had tried to gather the two presidents in Charam El Sheikh.
"I don’t need to meet (Sudanese President) Omar Hassan al-Bashir ... I’m for peace in this region, but I have no need to meet someone who has never kept his commitments," he said.
Sudan broke off diplomatic relations with Chad following an attack by the Justice and equality Movement on May 10 against the Sudanese government in Khartoum. Sudan accused Chad of providing the Darfur rebel group with money and logistical support to carry the raid.
Since 2004 the neighbouring Chad and Sudan trade accusations of supporting rebel groups against each other. Chadian factor in the five years conflict is designed by international responsible as new complication for the international efforts to end Darfur conflict.
President Denis Sassou Nguesso who was a supporter of the Chadian president in the past criticised his friend Deby after the May 10 coup. Western reports say he seems more convinced by the blames made by his father in law president Omar Bongo of Gabon against President Deby.
The Congo Brazzaville is one of the five members of the contact group charged with the follow up of the implementation of Dakar Agreement to end the conflict between the two countries.
Sudanese and Congolese president agreed also to set up a resident diplomatic representation in the two countries. They also consented to reactivate trade and economic cooperation between them, starting by inviting businessmen from both countries to meet in Khartoum to discuss how to upgrade the economic and trade relations.
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