Reconciliation developments in Sudan

Leader of the Sudanese opposition al-Ummah party al-Sadeq al-Mahdi has ruled out that the foreign ministers of Egypt and Libya will hold a joint meeting with al-Ummah party during their current visit to Khartoum concerning the results of contacts to revitalize the joint Libyan- Egyptian initiative.

In a statement to the Sudanese daily al-Ayam issued on Tuesday al-Mahdi added that the foreign ministers of Egypt and Libya will hold a meeting with the Sudanese foreign minister Muhammad Othman Ismael to evaluate the coming phase and revitalize the said initiative.

Al-Mahdi added that the current visit of the Libyan President Mu'ammar al-Qaddafi to al-Khartoum is a chance to continue efforts with the Sudanese government to attain to comprehensive political solution and to attain national reconciliation in the country.

On the other hand, al-Mahdi described the coalition of the "desert and the coast" states as a defeat for " the foreign mentality" which seeks to disperse the southern and northern parts of the African continent.

Al-Mahdi who on Monday evening attended the summit of the coalition had called for work to end inter- African disputes so as to avoid foreign intervention and the internationalization of the African continent.