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Article: 2nd LD Writethru: Sudanese government agrees to ceasefire with rebels
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- January 12, 2007
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2nd LD Writethru: Sudanese government agrees to ceasefire with
rebels
KHARTOUM, Jan. 11 (Xinhua) -- The Sudanese government has agreed
to a ceasefire in principle and a new round of peace talks with rebel
factions in Sudan's troubled Darfur region, the country's Foreign
Ministry said on Thursday.
In a statement issued after a meeting between Sudanese President
Omar al-Bashir and new UN special envoy Jan Eliasson, the ministry
said that Khartoum has agreed to a ceasefire and is willing to
conduct a new round of peace talks with the rebels "in any place and
at any time."
But the statement fell short of setting a date for the ceasefire
to take effect. There was no comment from the rebels ...