Taha briefs Riyadh on the recent progress, Sudanese talks resumed today
Sudanese Vice President Ali Othman Muhammad Taha has informed Saudi Arabia's officials during a short visit to Riyadh on the progress attained by the peace operation in Sudan between the government and the Sudanese rebels.
The Saudi news agency said that Taha talked with the King Fahd, and Crown Prince Abdullah and the defense minister Prince Sultan Bin Abdul Aziz on the latest developments on the Arab, Islamic and international arenas and discussed also with them means of strengthening cooperation.
Taha's visit to Saudi Arabia falls in the course of an Arab tour he started in Egypt and will lead him to Qatar in order to brief the Arab officials on the peace agreement with southern rebels.
Peace talks will resume between the government and the rebels today in Nivasha in Kenya to settle the remaining points of disputes especially the sharing the authority and economic resources.
Kenyan Gen. Lazaraos Simbayo, who plays the role of the mediator between the two sides, said that the two delegations will form committees to study pending issues: "sharing authorities and resources and three areas under disputes." A member in the delegation of the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA / SPLM), Dang Alour, said that the two delegations will pave the way this week for the leader of the rebels John Garang and the Sudanese Vice President to resume their talks on October 15 in Nivasha.
On the other hand, the Sudanese independent daily al-Ayam said that the UN will discuss mechanisms to supervise the security arrangements between Khartoum and the southern rebels. The paper quoted the American charge d'affairs Gerard Ghalouchi as saying that the Sudanese sides are convinced of the need for such mechanism. He said that the UN security council will discuss this mechanism in "nearby future." The paper also quoted the American official saying that Sudan will get aid worth 200 million dollars from Washington at signing the peace agreement and this money will increase to 500 million.