Sudan's government and main rebel group said Tuesday that a peace accord clinched to end two decades of civil war should inspire an end to the bloody conflict in Darfur. "We hope this will also help us in resolving other conflicts in the country, especially that of Darfur," First Vice President Ali Osman Taha said after the signature of an accord with the EU to resume EU-Sudanese ties. Nhial Deng Nhi, commissioner for external relations of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM), said elements of his group's peace deal with Khartoum "could be successfully be applied to resolving the problem in Darfur."The legislative body of the SPLM on Monday unanimously ratified the Jan. 9 peace deal signed between the government and the southern rebel group to end 21 years of war. "The peace agreement has provided clearly for a number of concepts and principles governing the issue of power-sharing and wealth-sharing, not only between north and south but for the whole country," he said. "We are committed to using the same drive and our experience in resolving the conflict in south Sudan to bring a prompt and fair answer to the conflict in Darfur," he said.