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| Tripoli to host a conference on Darfur crisis later July |
| 2007-07-04 |
| Libya is to host later this month a jointly UN and African Union (AU) sponsored conference between the Sudanese government and the rebels of the Darfur area, Sudanese Presidential Advisor Mostafa Othman Ismail said Tuesday. "The time and venue, together with the participating factions will be announced in due time, along with the items on the agenda," he said in a news conference. He also announced that Eritrea was involved in preparations for the conference and in bridging the gap among Darfur rebels and warring factions. "An Eritrean delegation is currently visiting Khartoum to brief Sudanese authorities on the progress achieved in Ertirea-brokered talks," Ismail said. He said he expected an end to the Darfur conflict by the end of the year and reiterated the readiness of the Khartoum government to abide by an AU and UN brokered agreement calling for the deployment of mixed UN and AU peacekeeping forces in Darfur. "We have endorsed the call and it is up to the UN to implement this," Ismail said and added that the ball was now in UN territory. He said the Sudanese government was now studying a comprehensive plan calling for moving towards Darfur and prepare the ground there for the deployment of joint UN and AU forces. |
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