(Xinhua) -- Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir Wednesday vowed to boost Sudan's efforts to provide better security for the United Nations-African Union peacekeeping mission in Darfur, according to the United Nations. | "For the inhabitants, we intend to continue providing the same high level of skilled service." |
He also expressed his condolences to those peacekeepers that have lost their lives in Darfur while serving the mission. Seven blue helmets were killed in an ambush earlier this month in North Darfur, and, just over a week later, another was shot dead in West Darfur.
Adada, for his part, said the mission's deployment was besieged by numerous challenges but the mission was strengthening its resolve to reach its full capacity as soon as possible. He said his mission had thousands of containers awaiting "movement along the difficult and sometimes dangerous routes into Darfur," calling on the Sudanese government to ensure that the convoys reach their destinations safely.