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| Interminable Sudan peace talks to resume after agenda spat |
| 2003-01-21 |
| Talks to end Sudan's 19-year civil war are due to resume in Kenya on Wednesday after mediators said they had ironed out a dispute which delayed last week's scheduled meeting. The talks had been due to resume on January 15 in the Kenyan town of Machakos but the Sudanese government refused to send its delegation, saying it had not agreed to discuss the status of three disputed regions on the agenda. "We held a symposium over the past few days in order to iron out the conflict issues, and we are now ready to proceed with the main talks tomorrow," Chief mediator Lazarus Sumbeiywo of Kenya told Reuters on Tuesday. He said the two sides had agreed that the status of the Nuba, Southern Blue Nile and Abyei areas would be dealt with separately at a later stage in the peace process. Both sides claim the areas. Waht the hell? It's been going on for 19 years. What's another 19 years of negotiations while they're killing each other? |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |