Sudanese Peace Talks Renewed

Local Editor

Sudanese government chief negotiator expressed readiness to sign a humanitarian agreement with the Sudan People's Liberation Movement - North [SPLM-N]; ahead of a new round of talks that begins on Thursday.

Presidential assistant, Ibrahim Mahmoud Hamid and his delegation arrived Wednesday to the venue of the negotiations in Addis Ababa, as the SPLM-N and Darfur groups negotiating teams were already there.

In addition, the head of Darfur peace office, Amin Hassan Omer is in the Ethiopian capital since Tuesday.

In its invitation to the government and rebel delegations, the African Union High Level Implementation Panel indicated that the agenda of discussions - in two separate tracks - will handle a cessation of hostilities agreement in the Two Areas and Darfur and humanitarian access to civilians in the conflict affected areas.

In statements to the official news agency SUNA from Addis Ababa; Hamid said his delegation will do its best to make this round of talks the latest round to end suffering of Sudanese citizens.

Although the two warring parties signed two agreement in February and August 2012 with the tripartite initiative, they failed to implement the agreement as the government laid out operational conditions.

Back to the talks, the mediation hopes to convince the warring parties to sign the cessation of hostilities and reach a compromise on the outstanding matters in order to expedite the preparations for a mini pre-dialogue meeting involving the major opposition parties.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team