AU mediators give draft proposal to Two Areas negotiators
The African Union High-Level Implementation Panel (AUHIP) headed by Thabo Mbeki has handed a draft agreement to the SPLA-North and Sudanese government negotiators at talks on the ‘Two Areas’ of South Kordofan and Blue Nile.
Mbeki was mandated by the African Union Peace and Security Council to broker cessation of hostilities agreements for the Two Areas and Darfur. He opened peace talks on the Two Areas last Wednesday in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa.
Sources close to the negotiations told Radio Tamazuj that the parties were initially scheduled to meet Sunday evening at 17:00 to discuss the proposal, the contents of which have not been disclosed.
But the meeting was rescheduled till tomorrow on the grounds that the parties should be given more time to study the document.
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