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SPLM not ready for talks next Monday

    NAIROBI

    The rebel Sudan People's Liberation Movement/Army (SPLM/A) has yet to receive official word about the reconvening of the Inter-Governmental Authority for Development (IGAD) peace talks in Nairobi, but has said it would have difficulty in starting next Monday as has been mooted.

    The SPLM said it could not comment on Khartoum's reported agreement to hold the recently postponed IGAD talks next Monday (10 May) because it had not been notified of any scheduled talks by the Kenyan mediators, its spokesman Dr Samson Kwaje told IRIN on Tuesday. He said the selection of a date for talks could not be up to Khartoum but must involve all the parties involved.

    His response comes in the wake of a report on Tuesday in the 'Al-Rai al-Aam' daily in Khartoum that the government had agreed to hold talks in Nairobi next Monday and that the weekend's reconciliation agreement between Sudan and Eritrea would "provide a strong push for finding a peaceful solution to the south Sudan problem."

    This article was produced by IRIN News while it was part of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Please send queries on copyright or liability to the UN. For more information: https://shop.un.org/rights-permissions

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