Sudan accuses peace mediator of supporting US positions in Darfur peace process
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May 14, 2011 (KHARTOUM) — Sudan accused the Joint Chief Mediator
Djibril Bassole of supporting the positions of US administration at
the ongoing peace process in Doha to end the eight year conflict in
Darfur.
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Djibril Bassole (file/AFP)
US Senior Adviser for Darfur, Dane Smith, who was invited by the
mediation to attend the direct talks between Sudan’s government and
Justice and Equality Movement (LJM), last week made a set of proposals
to push forward the talks between the two parties.
Smith asked Khartoum to not block the arrival of a rebel delegation
from Darfur to Doha. He also proposed to postpone talks on the
security arrangements and the implementation mechanisms of the peace
agreement to the period after the stakeholders conference which will
take place at the end of May in Doha.
The spokesperson of the Government of Sudan (GOS) delegation, Omer
Adam Rahama, accused on Saturday Bassole of supporting the US
positions at the negotiating table in Doha because he aspires to
realize political interests for his country Burkina Faso where he is
appointed minister of foreign affairs recently.
"Bassole surprised the government delegation by brining Smith to a
meeting between GOS and JEM to discuss the resumption of talks," said
Rahma in a statement to the semi official SMC website. He further said
the Joint Chief Mediator used to support the positions that prolong
the negotiations.
The Sudanese delegation spokesperson added the government does not
object the presence at negotiating table of the U.S. envoy to Darfur
as an observer but not as a broker or a partner to the negotiations.
Djibiril Bassole, since his re-appointment last month as foreign
minister in a ministerial reshuffle in Burkina Faso, thought to resign
from his post as chief mediator but the UN Secretary General asked his
country to allow him to end a process he put in place since two years
ago.
The Sudanese government expressed willingness to sign a peace
agreement with the Liberation and Equality Movement (LJM) and slammed
JEM saying it was not seriously interested in a peace deal.
The talks between the two parties are deadlocked on the administrative
status of Darfur region and the security arrangements. JEM rebels
accuse Khartoum of wanting to sign only a separate deal with the LJM
and close the Doha process with the rebel groups.
US envoy to Sudan Princeton Lyman during a recent trip to Doha, where
he met the three parties participating in the Doha process, underlined
Washington’s preference for a broad peace agreement that includes all
the rebel groups.
(ST)
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