18 August 2018 (KHARTOUM) – The government's negotiating team for the discussion of the two areas with the Sudan People's Liberation Movement / North (SPLM-N) said that the next round of talks should be held according to the agreed references [19659002] The semi -official Sudan Media Center (SMC) has quoted the member of the Abdel-Rahman Abu Median negotiating team because the government would not accept new or conditional terms from a party.
He pointed out that the next round of talks should cover both the political and security arrangements and the humanitarian aid according to the agreed references.
Abu Median stressed that the government is determined to achieve all agreements reached during previous rounds by exacerbating differences between SPLM-N factions. suffering from the residents of the two areas.
The SPLM-N is now divided into two factions: one led by Abdel Aziz al-Hilu and the other headed by Malik Agar. The gap arose last year over self-determination and other organizational issues.
Several sources close to the file say that the mediation of the African Union recently held several meetings with the al-Hilu faction but not with them on the agenda for the talks.
The AU mediates comprehensive peace talks to end the war and implement democratic reforms. The two-track process consists of the Sudanese government and opposition forces, including the armed groups in Darfur and the two areas.
During the recent round of talks from 1 to 3 February, the Sudanese government and SPLM-N al-Hilu failed to put an end to the hostility agreement.
The Al Hilu group demands humanitarian aid directly from abroad to the rebel-managed areas, but Khartoum rejects such a request and says that all relief operations must be carried out from the Sudanese territory.
Before the split of the SPLM-N, the rebel group called for a corridor from Asosa on the Ethiopian border to provide 20 percent of humanitarian aid directly to the SPLM-N-controlled areas in the state of Blue Nile. to deliver.
In February talks, the mediation limited the discussions about the cessation of hostilities against the government and the SPLM-N al-Hilu said Agar faction has no military influence in the state of Blue Nile.
The Sudanese army is ve and the SPLM-N rebels in the Blue Nile and South Kordofan, also known as the Two Areas since 2011 and a group of armed movements in Darfur since 2003.
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