France pressures all sides of conflict in Darfur

The French foreign minister Michael Barnieh has called following his visit to Darfur district to the west of Sudan to pressuring all sides concerned involved in the conflict taking place there.

The French minister said after talks with President of Chad, Idris Deibi, in Abeichi to the East of Chad in the border area of Darfur, "pressures should be continued so as the government of Khartoum will dismantle the weapons of the militias and the groups. Pressure should be also made on other sides in this conflict in order to return back to the table of negotiations."

Concerning the resolution submitted by the US to the UN Security Council to impose sanctions on the Sudanese government in case of not dismantling weapons from Jangaweid tribes, the chief of the French diplomacy said that his country takes part in the negotiations. He said " we will reach a fair decision." He stressed that the question of Darfur can not be solved " in isolation of Sudan or against it, rather with Sudan," stressing the need of finding out a way for dialogue in order to contain the crisis.

The French minister visited Chad and west Sudan in the context of an African tour lasts for three days. He is schedule to have had headed for Southern Africa on Wednesday.

However, before the increasing international pressures especially the American pressure on it, the Sudanese government announced political alert in all its departments and vowed it will strongly resist all plans aiming at sending forces to Darfur.