JEM rebels supports participation of US envoy in Darfur peace talks
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May 15, 2011 (DOHA) — The Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) declared
its support to the participation of the US envoy for Darfur saying his
presence allows transparency in the talks and encourage the parties to
engage constructively.
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Dane Smith
Yesterday the delegation of the Government of Sudan (GOS) at the venue
of the peace process in Doha said the Joint Chief Mediator Djibril
Bassole, who is also Burkina Faso foreign minister, involved US Senior
Adviser for Darfur Dane Smith in the talks and support his proposals
to boost bilateral relations between Ouagadougou and Washington.
Dane Smith who attended different meetings in Doha between GOS and JEM
delegations to encourage the two parties to break the deadlock at the
negotiating table handed last week a number of proposals calling among
others on Khartoum to not obstruct the arrival of JEM delegates from
Darfur.
"We distance ourselves from the government position of denying the
presence of the international community (in the direct talks)," said
JEM chief negotiator Ahmed Tugud. GOS should "leave the obstructions
and unnecessary tactics and to come for negotiations in good faith,"
he further said.
Tugud went to say that the presence of the international community
members will support the mediation as well as the negotiating parties
to "engage constructively, to show leadership and responsibility" for
achieving a peaceful settlement.
The mediation delayed a stakeholders conference to give more time to
the two parties to discuss the pending issues particularly Darfur
administrative status and the security arrangements. However Khartoum
kept accusing JEM of being in Doha to sabotage a peace agreement it
plans to sign with the Liberation and Equality Movement (LJM).
JEM top negotiator praised Dane Smith for the efforts he exerted in
the process since his appointment, he further called on Khartoum to
not block the coming of JEM delegation to the venue of the peace talks
from the field.
"It would be impossible to achieve a negotiated settlement without
allowing JEM negotiators to come" to Doha, Tugud said. This blockade
"demonstrates clearly that the Government of Sudan has not yet taken a
political decision to resolve Darfur conflict with the Justice and
Equality Movement," he said.
The Sudanese authorities blocked UNAMID efforts to collect JEM
commanders from the field due to the lack of authorization from the
government despite the repeated demands formulated by the mediation.
While the direct talks between GOS and JEM delegation are stalled,
Sudanese government hopes to close the talks with the rebel groups by
signing a peace agreement with the LJM and inviting the other rebel
groups to join it at the end of the month.
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