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Khartoum – Mediators from South Sudan arrived in Khartoum yesterday to prepare for the signing ceremony of the comprehensive peace agreement by the Sudanese government and the rebel alliance of the Revolutionary Front of Sudan (SRF) on October 3 in Juba. The Sudan-North People’s Liberation Movement, led by Abdulaziz El Hilu (SPLM-N El Hilu), has criticized the statements of the Sudan Higher Peace Council.
The security adviser to the president of South Sudan and head of the mediation team, Tut Galuak, arrived in Khartoum yesterday and personally delivered the invitation of the president of South Sudan, Salva Kiir, to the president of the Sovereign Council, Lieutenant General Abdelfattah El Burhan.
Heads of state and government officials from neighboring countries, Arab countries, member countries of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) and Friends of Sudan * have also been invited.
Dhieu Mathok, a member of the mediation team, told reporters yesterday at Khartoum International Airport that mediators are arranging for a delegation from the rebel alliance of the Revolutionary Front of Sudan to visit Khartoum on Thursday, to prepare for the return of all leaders of armed movements from abroad.
After the final signing of the peace agreement, the text will be included in the Constitutional Document signed by the then Transitional Military Council and the opposition coalition Forces for Freedom and Change in August last year, marking the beginning of the transitional period.
The peace agreement, mediated by South Sudan, was signed with his initials on August 31. The date for the final signing ceremony was initially set for October 2.
SPLM-N El Hilu
Mathok further said that peace talks with the Sudan-North People’s Liberation Movement, led by Abdulaziz El Hilu (SPLM-N El Hilu), will begin soon, following consultations with the Sudanese government on the negotiation methodology. Prime Minister Hamdok and rebel leader El Hilu signed an agreement on basic principles for peace negotiations two weeks ago.
In a press release yesterday, the SPLM-N El Hilu criticized the statement from the Higher Peace Council ** regarding their meeting on Monday. Rebel spokesman Ammar Daldoum stated that the High Peace Council ignored the contentious issues mentioned in the two agreements signed by Sudanese Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok and El Hilu in Addis Ababa on September 3-4.
According to Daldoum, the High Council for Peace statement failed to mention that the majority of Sudanese political parties and civil society organizations, a large proportion of the Sudanese people, particularly those living in the war-torn states of Kordofan in the South and Blue Nile – Support the positions of the SPLM-N El Hilu. Daldoum also calls for support for SPLM-N El Hilu from the African Union, the United States, Great Britain, France and the Troika of Sudan (United States, United Kingdom and Norway).
According to SPLM-N El Hilu, a broad national dialogue through workshops, according to the methodology mentioned in the Addis Ababa agreement, should lead to a national consensus on a viable secular state. This new Sudan will not impose laws based on religion. The movement said it adheres to what was agreed by Hamdok and El Hilu in Addis Ababa.
In July, El Hilu warned the Sudanese government that its policies will continue to divide the Sudanese people.
The SPLM-N El Hilu separately joined the peace negotiations in September last year. The talks continued in January, but no progress was reported. In a statement dated May 28, the SPLM-N El Hilu denied rumors that they pulled out of the peace negotiations. “These are unfounded accusations,” said Daldoum, who is also the movement’s chief negotiator. “We deposited our position paper on state and religion to the South Sudan mediation team on February 26, 2020 and we have not received a response from the government at this time,” he said.
* The Friends of Sudan group includes Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Norway, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, the African Union, the European Union, the United States, France, Germany, and the United Kingdom. Representatives from the United Nations, the African Development Bank, the International Monetary Fund, and the World Bank often attend Friends of Sudan meetings.
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** The Higher Peace Council, chaired by Lieutenant General Abdelfattah El Burhan, is composed of all the members of the Sovereign Council, the Prime Minister, the Minister for Cabinet Affairs, the Minister of Justice and the Minister of the Federal Government, as well as three experts. .
As stipulated in Chapter XV of the Constitutional Declaration, the Higher Peace Council deals with comprehensive peace issues and continues the dialogue on fundamental issues with all parties to complete the peace process. It also takes confidence-building initiatives and develops public policies related to addressing the roots of the problem to achieve a just peace.
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