Sudan’s rebels ready to sign comprehensive cessation of hostilities,
Minnawi says
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July 17, 2013 (PARIS) - The Sudanese Revolutionary Front (SRF) is
ready to accept a humanitarian cessation of hostilities in Darfur and
the Two Areas before to participate in a comprehensive process aiming
to achieve peace in Sudan, said Minni Minnawi a deputy chairman of the
rebel alliance on Wednesday.
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Minni Minnawi (file/ AFP)
Minnawi talked to Sudan Tribune from Geneva where he participated in
an "informal consultation" with foreign diplomats who came to attend a
three-day meeting organised by the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue
(HD Centre) in Geneva between the opposition National Consensus Forces
(NCF) and rebel groups.
The dialogue meeting between the Sudanese actors was marred by the
decision of the authorities in Khartoum to ban the representatives of
the opposition parties from travelling to Geneva after accusing them
of coordinating with the rebels to overthrow the regime.
In a statement released on Wednesday after the conclusion of the
discussions, the HD Centre regretted the absence of NCF members and
reaffirmed that the purpose of the meeting "was the search for a
peaceful resolution to Sudan’s conflicts; particularly the building of
a national dialogue process in continuation of the meetings held in
Geneva one year ago and the symposium held in Khartoum in March 2013;
the latter attended by members of the NCP and the political
opposition".
SRF deputy chairman, Minnawi who is also the leader of a Sudan
Liberation Movement (SLM)’s faction said they came to Geneva to
discuss on peaceful means to settle the ongoing crises in Darfur,
South Kordofan and Blue Nile, stressing they are highly alarmed by the
humanitarian situation in the war zones.
"The humanitarian situation is our priority and we are willing to sign
a cessation of hostilities agreement in Darfur region, Blue Nile and
south Kordofan to allow humanitarian access to the needy in these
areas", he said in a telephone interview on Wednesday.
The rebel leader condemned the ban imposed on the NCF representatives
and reaffirmed their support to the efforts of the HD Centre to
organise such meetings with the Sudanese opposition to discuss ways to
settle peacefully the ongoing crises in the country.
"We are ready to participate in any future meeting the HD Centre
organise with the NCF parties because we are committed to a
comprehensive process gathering all the Sudanese actors including the
opposition forces, National Congress Party, youth groups and civil
society organisations"
He further stressed that no "sustainable peace" can be achieved in
Sudan with the partial solutions.
"This is why we reject separate talks. The SRF proposes to unify all
the forums for peace in Sudan," Minnawi said adding that American and
Canadian diplomats who attended the meeting supported this holistic
approach.
The HD Centre in its statement was keen to point out that
"International representatives attended in an observer capacity
without influencing the meeting’s outcomes and indicated their support
for peaceful conflict resolution and opposition to military means".
The Geneva based group vowed to continue its efforts to narrow the
gaps between the ruling NCP, opposition NCF and the SRF rebels to
reach a "a peaceful resolution to Sudan’s conflicts that would put an
end, once and for all to war and violent conflict in Sudan ".
Among the participants in the three-day meeting there were Ali Al-Haj
of the Popular Congress Party and Youssef al-Koda, who leads Al-Wasat
Islamic party.
Farouk Abu Eissa, leader of the NCF did not attend as expected. Also,
SPLM-N secretary general Yasir Arman did not take part in the meeting
but his group was represented.
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