Egyptian observers for Darfur

The Egyptian foreign minister Ahmad Abu al-Gheit said that Egypt will send a group of observers to Darfur district and their number are not to be more than 80.

He added that so far 55 of those observers were chosen. He stressed that his country will not take part in the force of protecting the observers. A force which will be dispatched by the African Union to Darfur.

News reports in Cairo said that 13 Arab foreign ministers confirmed taking part in the emergency meeting of the Arab League Ministerial council in order to discuss conditions in Darfur next Sunday including Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, Sudan, Egypt, Mauritania, Qatar, Kuwait, Lebanon and Yemen with the aim of crystallizing what is wanted from the Sudanese government and supporting it to fulfill its obligations and dispatching Arab observers to Darfur.

For its part, Tanzania announced it is ready to dispatch 100 soldiers to Darfur to join Rawanda and Nigeria who have stressed their readiness to take part in the forces whose total number will be 2000 troops. The African Union said it will increase number of its forces to be deployed there from 300 to 2000.