Sudanese opposition party leaders confers with Qaddafi's delegate

The chairman of the Sudanese opposition Ummah party al-Sadeq al-Mahdi discussed with Suleiman al-Shahoumi, the delegate of the Libyan President Mu'ammar al-Qaddafi on Tuesday evening in Khartoum current steps concerning the comprehensive political solution in Sudan in light of the joint Egyptian- Libyan initiative.

Al-Mahdi's deputy, Omar Nour al-Dayem, who attended the meeting said that al-Shahoumi held important talks with al-Sadeq al-Mahdi during which stress was laid on the joint Libyan- Egyptian efforts to settle the Sudanese question.

On the other hand, the British foreign ministry official for North Africa affairs Maxfill met on Tuesday with the leaderships of the opposition federation nation's party, in the framework of the British efforts to contribute to settling the Sudanese crisis.

To this effect, the leading figure at the federation party Muhammad Ismael al-Azhar told the Sudanese daily al-Sahafa that the British official met with the political sides in the party and listened to its view points especially in regard to the need of launching all initiatives and the efforts exerted to solve the Sudanese question just from one " forum" and also in the context of merging the Egyptian- Libyan initiative with IGAD initiative.

Maxfill also met with Nour Abdul Dayem and discussions dealt with the role that might be played by Britain besides the IGAD and the Egyptian- Libyan initiatives concerning the Sudanese question.