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SLUG: 2-310320 Sudan / Ceasefire (L)
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DATE=11/28/03 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT TITLE=SUDAN / CEASE-FIRE (L-ONLY) NUMBER=2-310320 BYLINE=CATHY MAJTENYI DATELINE=NAIROBI CONTENT= INTRO: The government of Sudan and the country's main rebel group have agreed to extend their cease-fire for another two months, pending the negotiation of a peace agreement. Cathy Majtenyi reports from V-O-A's East Africa Bureau in Nairobi. TEXT: The Kenyan mediator of the Sudanese peace talks, retired General Lazaro Sumbeiywo, says Friday's cease-fire extension will enable the Sudanese government and the Sudan People's Liberation Army to conclude their peace talks. The cease-fire has been extended before - usually for a six-month period - since the two sides began peace negotiations more than a year ago. General Sumbeiywo says the two-month extension period shows that the two sides are close to a peace agreement. /// SUMBEIYWO ACT /// We are anticipating to get an agreement by the end of this year, and to wrap it up by early January. /// END ACT /// The peace negotiations are scheduled to resume November 30th, with rebel leader John Garang and First Vice-President Ali Osman Taha joining the talks a few days later. Among the most difficult points being negotiated are details of power-sharing and security agreements. The peace agreement would end Sudan's 20-year-old civil war, in which an estimated two-million people have died. (SIGNED) NEB/CM/MAR/KBK/TW |
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