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Parties urged to commit to talks

    NAIROBI

    All parties in Sudan have been encouraged to show more seriousness in efforts to bring peace. The regional Inter-governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) ministerial council, meeting in Khartoum, urged the IGAD committee to accelerate its efforts to reach a peaceful solution in Sudan, the official SUNA news agency said on 22 November. The draft decision, presented by Kenya, was approved in the second session of the ministerial council on Wednesday. Sudanese External Relations Minister Dr Mustafa Uthman Isma’il said in a press statement carried by SUNA that the Kenyan foreign minister had presented the report, which praised the role of IGAD and its partners for mediating talks between the government and the Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA). According to Ismai’l, the ministerial meeting also discussed the joint Libyan-Egyptian initiative, and stressed the need for coordination between the two peace initiatives.

    The last round of peace talks mediated by IGAD in Kenya in October proved inconclusive.

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