BBC: Sudan commends Bashir, Garang meeting

Ghazi Salah Eddine, the advisor of the Sudanese President for peace affairs, has underlined the importance of the meeting held by President Omar Hassan al-Bashir with John Garang, the leader of the rebels movement in Southern Sudan, held in Kampala on Saturday, where they agreed on principles to strengthen the march of peace in Sudan.

In a statement to the BBC on Sunday, Salah Eddine said that the ceasefire issue will be discussed in mid August. He expressed hope that no escalation will take place by then.

On Saturday, President Bashir and Garang expressed adherence to the Nairobi agreement in order to achieve peace in Sudan and to put an end to the war taking place since 1983.