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South Africa welcomes developments in Darfur

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2007-08-08 02:13

JOHANNESBURG -- The South African government on Tuesday welcomed
developments in the Darfur Peace Talks convened by the United Nations and
African Union in Arusha, north Tanzania, from Friday to Monday.

Department of Foreign Affairs said in a statement that "the South African
government welcomes the commitment by all parties to implement the
Road-Map outlined by the UN and African Union Special Envoys Jan Eliasson
and Salim Ahmed Salim."

Eight Darfur rebel groups on Monday agreed on a common platform for peace
negotiations with the Sudanese government that they said could start
within three months.

"The South African government calls on Sudan Liberation Movement leader
Abdel Wahed Mohamed el-Nur, who currently resides in France, to return to
Sudan to participate in this process," said the statement.

It said that South Africa also welcomes the commitment by the rebel
groups to allow free access by humanitarian agencies to people affected
by the conflict and their pledge to stop hostilities against aid
organizations and African Union (AU) peacekeepers deployed in Darfur.

The South African government called on the Darfur rebel groups and
Sudanese government to successfully conclude negotiations scheduled to be
held in three months.

The UN Security Council last week ordered the deployment of 26, 000
peacekeepers there to take over from an ill-equipped African Union force
of 7,000 in Darfur.

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