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Sisi reiterates Egypt's support for Sudan to achieve peace, stability

Xinhua, October 10, 2016 Adjust font size:

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Monday reiterated Cairo's support for Sudan's efforts to achieve peace, stability and security, and vowed to enhance cooperation to benefit people of both countries.

"Egypt has attached a great concern to its ties with Sudan with which we share joint border, a cultural bond and a unique integration," Sisi said while addressing the concluding session of Sudan's national dialogue conference in Khartoum.

"Egypt is keen to intensify cooperation with Sudan and consolidate the mutual interests to achieve joint development for our peoples and countries," he added.

He said Egypt would support any Sudanese effort to end conflicts and achieve comprehensive peace in Sudan.

Sisi arrived here early Monday to take part in the conclusion of Sudan's national dialogue conference.

The presidents of Mauritania, Chad and Uganda also attended the closing session of the conference.

On Sunday, the general assembly of the national dialogue conference held a procedural meeting, chaired by President Omar al-Bashir, and approved the final national document of the dialogue which will be the base for the country's permanent constitution.

In January 2014, al-Bashir declared an initiative calling on opposition parties and armed groups to join a national dialogue to end the country's crises.

The sessions of the dialogue kicked off in October 2015 in a bid to resolve the country's political and social issues.

The conference was launched with the participation of a number of Sudanese political parties, civil society organizations and some Darfur armed groups.

However, major political parties and armed movements refused to participate in the conference, including the Revolutionary Front Alliance, which brings together the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM)/northern sector and major Darfur armed movements.

Darfur armed groups and the SPLM/northern sector insist that a preparatory conference should be held, according to decisions of the African Union Peace and Security Council and the United Nations Security Council, to bring together all Sudanese political forces to agree on procedures to initiate an equitable dialogue with the government, a demand that the Sudanese government rejects. Endit