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U.S. envoy vows to prompt Sudan's road-map deal

Xinhua, June 30, 2016 Adjust font size:

U.S. Special Envoy to Sudan and South Sudan Donald Booth on Wednesday vowed to exert further efforts to persuade the Sudanese opposition to join the road-map deal proposed by the African mediation.

Booth met Sudanese presidential assistant Ibrahim Mahmoud Hamid in Khartoum and reviewed with him implementation of the road-map deal, the national dialogue and progress of the peace process at South Kordofan and Blue Nile States, and Darfur region.

The U.S. envoy expressed optimism over completion of the peace process in Sudan and vowed to exert efforts to persuade the opposition to sign the road-map deal, according to a statement following the meeting.

Hamid, for his part, said he informed the U.S. envoy with Sudan government's rejection to the opposition's proposals regarding the road-map deal.

"The road-map does not need a supplement as it is just map and not an agreement," said Hamid.

Earlier, the opposition Sudan Call, an alliance bringing together Sudanese armed groups and opposition parties, proposed a supplemental document to the African Union mediation to ensure that the road-map deal becomes a gateway to an equal, serious and fruitful dialogue with the inclusion of all opposition forces.

Rejecting the document, Hamid said that the road-map deal is for a peaceful settlement, which begins with cessation of hostilities and cease-fire via the framework agreement, and also sitting in the national dialogue to discuss political issues.

He also said that the general assembly of the national dialogue would be held on Aug. 6, after which the conferees would decide on the matter.

Last March, the African Union High-Level Implementation Panel on Sudan (AUHIP) proposed a road-map document for the Sudanese rivals, stipulating arrangements related to cease-fire at South Kordofan, Blue Nile and Darfur regions, entering a peace process and involving the armed movements in the national dialogue currently convened in Khartoum.

The Sudanese government unilaterally signed the road-map agreement, while the rebel Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM)/northern sector, the Darfur rebel Justice and Equality Movement (JEM), the Sudan Liberation Movement (SLA)/Minni Minnawi faction and the opposition National Umma Party refused to sign the deal. Endit