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IGAD opposed to Security Council talks on southern Sudan

    NAIROBI

    The Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) has rejected moves to bring the issue of southern Sudan to the UN Security Council, an executive for the regional body said in remarks published by the 'Al-Sahafi Al-Dawli' newspaper on Tuesday. IGAD Executive Director Atalla Hamad Beshir said IGAD was "strongly opposed to raising the problem at the Security Council" and said such calls were only used as pressure on the
    warring parties. Beshir, a Sudanese who recently took up his position, said IGAD is not opposed to an Egyptian-Libyan initiative to bring peace to the two sides. AFP reported that Beshir, based in Djibouti, is currently visiting Khartoum to prepare for a meeting of IGAD foreign ministers in the Sudanese capital next May.

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