Sudan opposition coalition optimistic on talks with government
Sudan, Politics, 7/29/2005

Representatives for the opposition democratic national coalition and the Sudanese government started meetings in the capital Khartoum in order to implement The Cairo Agreement which was signed between the two sides in June, and to resolve outstanding issues.

The coalition delegation arrived in Khartoum on Thursday at dawn under the chairmanship of Lt. Gen. Abdul Rahman Saeed, the deputy chairman of the coalition, following a 15 year absence.

The meeting's agenda includes the status of the national coalition army in east Sudan, and the rate of the coalition participation in the negotiations which are concerned with the implementation of the peace agreement between the government and the SPLM, and the formation of joint committees to discuss laws restricting freedoms and the issue of democratic transformation in the country.

Member of the coalition delegation Farouk Abu Issa said that "they will work with the national conference to complete pending issues in line with the requirements of the phase Sudan is passing." He explained that their presence in Khartoum will continue for one week, expressing his optimism that the meetings will settle all outstanding issues.

For his part, the chairman of the government's delegation to the negotiations, Nafe Ali Nafe, said that "mere convening the meeting in Khartoum will in itself be conducive to dealing with all differences, wherever they are." He said in a speech before the inaugural session "our objective is to reach all people of Sudan and serve the will of the of the Sudanese people to reach an agreement as soon as possible."

Worthy mentioning that the Sudanese government and the opposition national coalition led by Muhammad Othman al-Meirghani signed a reconciliation agreement in Cairo on June 18, attended by the Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and the Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir.

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