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Mon, 09/12/2011 - 09:38
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Al Mahmoud : All Partners Committed to Doha Platform for  Negotiations  on Darfur

Doha, September 11 (QNA) - HE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs  Ahmed bin Abdullah Al Mahmoud has affirmed  the commitment of all partners to Doha  platform as a single platform  for  negotiations  on Darfur .. Denying the existence of any platform or an alternative initiative to Doha.
   HE the Minister  explain   in a press statement after the meeting of  the  Committee for Following Up  the implementation of the Doha document on the peace in  Darfur the  desire of the United States for holding  a workshop on  October 27-28 to highlight   positive aspects of the Doha document for the rest of the movements to push them towards peace ..
​HE the Minister added : " I met two days ago, with Princeton Lyman, the US envoy for Sudan  to  review  a paper  about this workshop which  will be held in the United States as not an  alternative to Doha, but is  call  to push the movements toward peace."
   He noted that today's meeting was a follow-up on implementation of the Doha document on  the peace in  Darfur and the participants listened to a summary by the United Nations Mission and the African Union / UNAMID / on what was done in the region.
    HE the Minister Al Mahmoud  also said  that  both  the Sudanese government and the Liberation and Justice Movement (LJM) their viewpoints  regarding work to implement this document.
   HE Mr. Al-Mahmoud said that all the participants praised the positive steps taken by the Government of the Sudan and Liberation and Justice  Movement (LJM) and   in the implementation of the Darfur Peace document.
          He said  that the peace process must continue,  stressing  at the same time the need to continue contacts  with other  parties to persuade them to join  this document with the assurance that the document is the basis for resolving the conflict in Darfur and it is open to all.
    He continued, "that peace will not wait for those who do not want peace, but peace awaits those who want peace and there are contacts with everyone."
      And about whether the meeting had fixed  funds to meet the urgent tasks, HE the Minister Al Mahmoud said  that the participants in the meeting reviewed some matters  related to  emergency relief, the amounts as well as  projects in the pipeline for implementation.
     HE Ahmed bin Abdullah Al Mahmoud  said the committee agreed to hold another meeting after three months to follow up what has been achieved so far and what will happen in the future. (QNA)

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