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Turkey on Sunday welcomed the signing of a peace agreement between Sudan’s transitional government and armed groups as an important step towards preserving the country’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.
“We welcome the signing of the agreement, which was previously initialed, between the transitional government of Sudan and the armed opposition groups in Juba yesterday (October 3),” the Turkish Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
“We believe that this agreement will constitute an important step towards the preservation of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Sudan,” the statement said.
Turkey will continue to support all efforts aimed at achieving peace and stability in the “friendly and fraternal” Sudan, he added.
The agreement covers a range of issues, from land ownership, reparations and compensation to the sharing of wealth and power, as well as the return of refugees and internally displaced persons from the unrest.
Ending Sudan’s internal conflicts has been a top priority for the transitional government, in power since former dictator Omar al-Bashir was overthrown in a pro-democracy uprising.
The agreement was signed by the Sudan Revolutionary Front (SRF), which is made up of armed groups from the war-torn western region of Darfur, as well as the southern states of Blue Nile and South Kordofan.
The guarantors of the agreement from Chad, Qatar, Egypt, the African Union, the European Union and the United Nations also signed the agreement.
