German Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday that the German government was considering sending civil experts and peacekeeping troops to the east African nation of Sudan, which is inching closer to a peace deal after nearly 20 years of civil war. "For the first time there’s a very good chance for peace there, " deputy Foreign Minister Kerstin Mueller said in an interview with German daily "Berliner Zeitung."
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"We must support it and fight the roots of terrorism. The region around the Horn of Africa after all has proved to be a breeding ground for terror." The deputy minister stressed she was in favor of participating in the peace process provided the United Nations agreed to set up a peacekeeping mandate in the Sudan. "We’ll probably first send our civilian experts there," Mueller said. "But we must also examine how far we can contribute to a Sudan mission, not just in the civilian aspect, but also possibly on the military front within a small framework," she added. |