Sudan says neighbors sought to scuttle Darfur peace efforts
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June 5, 2011 (KHARTOUM) – A Sudanese official has blamed the embattled
Libyan leader Muammar Al-Gaddafi and the deposed regime of Egyptian
president Hosni Mubarak for failure to reach a settlement to the
conflict in Sudan’s western region of Darfur.
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FILE - Libyan leader Muammar Al-Gaddafi (R) and Egyptian president
Hosni Mubarak (L)
Speaking at a symposium held in the Sudanese capital Khartoum on
Sunday, the leader of Darfur parliamentarians committee, Hasabu
Mohamed Abdul Rahman, attacked the role played by regional countries
in Darfur conflict, saying that the race between Libya and Egypt to
gain a foothold in efforts to resolve Darfur conflict has led to the
fragmentation of rebel groups and perpetuation of the conflict.
“The international and regional race to intervene in the conflict has
brought about the fragmentation of rebel groups until they reached 41
movements,” Hasabu told the audience.
Hasabu, who is also a member of the government’s negotiating team to
Darfur peace talks in the Qatari capital of Doha, said that Libya and
Egypt had sought to scuttle Darfur peace talks with total disregard to
the interests of the region’s people.
According to the Sudanese official, the Libyan leader Muammar had
fomented the conflict in Darfur by funding and supporting rebel
groups. He further said that Al-Qaddafi had sent his men to Doha to
persuade rebel groups to demand relocation of peace talks to Tripoli.
Separately, Hasabu said the government had availed Darfur rebel groups
a period of three months to sign the draft document for Darfur peace
as proposed by the Qatari mediators, stressing that the government
would not accept to hold negotiations outside the purview of the
proposed draft.
The mediation team in Doha floated a draft framework document for
peace in Darfur to serve as a ground for negotiation between the
government and rebel groups. The document, which was endorsed late in
May by delegates at the All Darfur Stakeholders Conference, is yet to
be signed by the Justice and Liberation Movement (LJM), which is the
only group currently engaged in the process.
Darfur peace talks are boycotted by the Sudan Liberation Movement
(SLM) led by Abdel Wahid Al-Nur and the Justice and Equality Movement
(JEM) led by Khalil Ibrahim.
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