Dr. Ghazi back home after participation in meetings of CPA partners in Washington
Khartoum, June 28(SUNA)- Presidential Adviser Dr. Ghazi Salah-Eddin returned home Saturday from Washington after participation in US-sponsored negotiating sittings for the parties to the Naivash Agreement. Upon arrival at Khartoum Air Port, Dr. Salah-Eddin said the visit came as response to recent speech of President Obama in which he expressed desire to hold dialogue with Muslim World and to the US intent to open new page in its relations with Sudan which was expressed by US Envoy Scott Gration during his visit to Sudan.. He added that the visit was new push and support to implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement. He stated that international organizations, countries witnessed the signing of the peace agreement and IGAD attended the conference which was held under the theme "supporters of CPA". He further added that the conference renewed political and financial support to implementation of the peace agreement , stressing that the conference did not setup any new mechanisms or new agreements but encouraged the two parties to CPA to work together for executing the agreement. Dr. Salah -Eddin pointed out that the delegations of the government and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement(SPLM) held meeting at the sideline of the conference in presence of the US Envoy Gration whose task was confined to narrow differences over the propounded issues, explaining that some outstanding issues such as Abyei, census results and elections were discussed during the conference. He added the time set for discussion was not enough and there are some issues were not discussed, disclosing that discussions will be resumed next month in Khartoum so as to reach agreement on some unresolved issues. "The talks could reach good outcome if the other party expressed the spirit of optimism instead of depicting bleak image' Salah-Eddin stated On meeting with American officials, the Presidential adviser said the Sudanese delegation held meetings with a number of American officials from White House, Pentagon and United States Agency for International Development USAID and demanded them to lift sanctions imposed by former US administration on Sudan. He affirmed that the stance of the present US administration towards Sudan differs from the former , saying it is for the first time an US official concedes that what is running in Sudan is not genocide. AS/AS
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