Doha Document on Darfur Accepted by All Parties - Sudanese Official

Doha, January 21 (QNA) - The head of the Sudanese delegation to Doha talks on Darfur, Dr. Amin Hassan Omar said that the Doha Darfur Peace Agreement is accepted by all the parties in Sudan and by all international parties. Dr. Amin told QNA that the Sudanese government has signed the Doha Document and the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) has accepted it, adding that there are other security and military arrangements that will be discussed during the ongoing talks in Doha. The Sudanese government will sign with JEM, after the talks, several protocols on the political participation and the security and military arrangements, Dr. Amin said. About his expectations of the extent of the success in this round of negotiations and whether there are problems encountered in the implementation of the Doha agreement, the Sudanese official said that there are no problems encountered in implementation, "It is true that things are not going as planned for fully, and it is natural no plan in the world can be implemented as fully as developed", he added. He went on saying that the core issue is whether the parties are committed to the agreement or not. Dr. Amid said that the Sudanese government has signed an agreement with JEM, of that agreement 80 per cent is implemented and the rest is to be done in the agreed time frame. On the nature of Qatar's role in the negotiations, the head of the Sudanese delegation to the Doha talks on Darfur Peace, Dr. Amin Hassan Omar said that Qatar is an essential part, and the leader of the Arab-African Mediation. Qatar plays the primary role in this mediation, handling the consultation with all parties to reach a compromise with the knowledge and acceptance of all these parties, Dr. Omar said adding that it has played a major role in this issue, which is reflected in the success in reaching Doha Document, which is highly accepted by the government of Sudan, the people of Darfur and the whole world, as it provides equitable basis to resolve all problems in Darfur. He added that the other outstanding matters are related to the movements, how they would be accommodated in the political process and how their forces will be dealt with, explaining that these are the issues that will be debate around with the armed movements. About his expectations that the other movements would join the Darfur peace negotiations, Dr. Amin Hassan Omar said that it is too early to talk about this matter, explaining that the related contacts that have been made. Regarding the workshop that was held in Doha recently and what are the main recommendations raised by both sides, the Sudanese government and JEM on the negotiations, Dr. Omar said it was a training workshop to familiarize the participants with Doha Agreement . (QNA)