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New Vision (Kampala)
October 29, 2003
Posted to the web October 29, 2003
Vision Reporter
Kampala
THE Italian deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs, Alfredo Luigi Monatica, has urged the Government to help resolve the Sudan conflict if the war in the north is to end.
Luigi said once Sudan was peaceful, the Kony war would come to an end. "Those opposed to the Government in Kampala will always have sanctuary in the rebel-controlled areas of Sudan," he said.
Luigi was on Wednesday meeting Vice President Prof. Gilbert Bukenya (right) at the Parliament buildings in Kampala.
He said most of the conflicts in Sudan, Somalia and Northern Uganda can be resolved if the parties involved adhered to the agreed Inter Governmental Authority and Development (IGAD)framework.
Luigi said Italy was committed to supporting peaceful resolution to the regional conflicts.
Bukenya thanked Italy for her long-standing mediation in the conflict.
He said if the warring parties in the Sudan resolved the salient issues, peace would return to Africa's largest country.
He was happy to note that the warring factions in Somalia had taken to the negotiating table to resolve their differences.
Luigi was in Uganda to attend the recently-concluded IGAD summit.
Italy is the current head of the European Union.
