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Rebel leader not worried by agreement

    NAIROBI
    Meanwhile, leader of the rebel Sudan People's Liberation Movement/Army (SPLM/A) John Garang on Wednesday said it was unfortunate that neither Kampala nor Khartoum had informed him of the Nairobi summit, the independent Ugandan 'Monitor' reported. The paper quoted him as saying he was not bothered by the talks since they were "neither the first nor the last". He also said he did not receive military support from Uganda and that there were presently no SPLA soldiers on Ugandan soil. "All we need in Uganda and other neighbours are open borders for the local population to trade, and passage for our military hardware," he said.

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