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Article: Sudanese government ready for peace talks
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- August 12, 2004
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Sudanese government ready for peace talks
ABUJA, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- The Sudanese government is ready to
participate in the Abuja peace talks scheduled for Aug. 23, a
Sudanese diplomat in Nigeria said here Thursday.
Charge d'Affairs Mohammed Omer Musa from the Sudanese embassy in
Nigeria said in a statement that "Sudan is excited at the prospects
of the talks."
The talks between the Sudanese government and the two rebel groups
in Darfur -- the Sudan Liberation Movement/Army and the Justice and
Equality Movement -- are to be held under the auspices of the African
Union (AU), of which Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo is
chairman.
The Sudanese diplomat said opportunity for the talks ...