Darfour rebels call for transferring talks from Chad

Sudan's west rebels have called for transferring peace talks with the Sudanese government from Chad because they consider that President Idris Deibi is not a neutral mediator.

The justice and equality movement stressed its cling to a truce signed earlier this month, but accused Chad of not giving entry visas to members of its delegation and rejection to introduce amendments agreed upon by the two sides during the negotiations to the cease fire agreement.

The movement stressed it is not worthy to resume talks in a country linked to ties with what it considers the political enemy, in remark to the ruling regime in Khartoum.

A western diplomat who attended the cease fire talks which took place in Chad supported the allegations of the rebels. He said that Chad is not a neutral broker.

The diplomat who asked to be anonymous said that there is a general agreement between the UN officials who attended the meeting on a confirmed bias from Chad side to the Sudanese government.

Meantime, the US secretary of state Colin Powell asked the Sudanese government to facilitate the access of humanitarian aids to the people of Darfour, west Sudan.

Powell said he had discussed in a telephone call with his Sudanese counterpart Mustafa Ismael the dangerous conditions in the region which is witnessing deterioration because of the acts of violence.

Powell explained he had asked Ismael to exert efforts to facilitate the talks which will be held with representatives for the African federation and the US as well as other organizations to provide aid for the people of the area.

He stressed the need of accelerating the process of issuing entry visas for the American team which intends to head for the region to evaluate the volume of the sufferings there.

However, the conflict in Darfour resulted in killing thousands of persons and the evacuation of one million from their houses while other 100,000 resorted to neighboring countries.