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| Sudan: No direct peace talks in Qatar |
| 2010-01-25 |
| [Al Arabiya Latest] Direct peace talks between the Sudanese government and Darfur rebel groups did not resume on Sunday as expected, with the two sides holding separate consultations with mediators instead. "Sunday will be devoted to consultations" with Qatari mediators and the chief negotiator for the United Nations and African Union, Djibril Bassole, said Ahmed Hussein Adam, spokesman for the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM), the main rebel group in Darfur. "There will be consultations between mediators and the Sudanese government on the one hand, and mediators and the Justice and Equality Movement on the other, in which other (rebel) groups could be involved," he said. A source in the Sudanese government delegation confirmed to AFP that there would be "no direct negotiations on Sunday with rebel groups but only consultations with the mediators." |
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