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New round of peace talks planned

    NAIROBI

    East African leaders plan to meet in the Khartoum to discuss the next round of Sudanese peace talks. Hamad Bashir, the IGAD executive secretary, told journalists that the meeting in Khartoum would review an IGAD proposal on solving the problems in southern Sudan and ending the armed conflict, AFP said. Several inconclusive rounds of negotiations between representatives of the Sudan government and the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) have been held under the auspices of IGAD in Nairobi. Hamad Bashir arrived in Khartoum on Tuesday at the head of a delegation to make preparations for the IGAD-sponsored summit scheduled for 23 November, AFP said. He told the Sudanese press that IGAD had no objection to mediation bids from other parties, and that an offer by the US to host peace negotiations had been welcomed.

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