{"id":185890,"date":"2014-02-18T22:11:00","date_gmt":"2014-02-18T22:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dabangasudan.preview.websight.nl\/sudan-government-splm-n-negotiations-suspended-for-ten-days\/"},"modified":"2024-11-11T17:11:51","modified_gmt":"2024-11-11T16:11:51","slug":"sudan-government-splm-n-negotiations-suspended-for-ten-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/sudan-government-splm-n-negotiations-suspended-for-ten-days","title":{"rendered":"Sudan government-SPLM-N negotiations suspended for ten days"},"content":{"rendered":"

AU mediator, former South African President Thabo Mbeki, has\u00a0decided to suspend the current negotiation round\u00a0between the Sudanese government and the Sudan People\u2019s Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N), for a period of ten days. The negotiations collapsed on Sunday as both parties adhered to its position.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Sudanese government rejects a comprehensive solution for the whole of Sudan, and the SPLM-N rejects a partial solution for South Kordofan and Blue Nile States only,\u201d Episcopal Bishop Andodo El Nil of the Diocese of South Kordofan\u2019s capital of Kadugli told Radio Dabanga from Addis Ababa on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

The bishop who attended the negotiations as a \u201cnational civil advisors\u201d said that the negotiation round collapsed as a result of the failure, \u201cfor the fifth time\u201d, of the ruling National Congress Party (NCP) to address the humanitarian issue in the two war-torn states, and \u201cbecause both parties cling to their stance with respect to a comprehensive or partial solution\u201d.<\/p>\n

For this reason, El Nil explained, Mbeki suspended the round for ten days. \u201cMore consultations are definitely needed.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to the bishop, all the \u201cnational advisors\u201d agree on the need to prioritise the humanitarian situation in South Kordofan and the Blue Nile. They also agree on the issue of a comprehensive solution for the Sudanese crisis. \u201cWe recommend both parties to seriously take the suffering of the people into consideration and seek to reach a comprehensive solution, not a partial one for one region only. This is because the overall solution is the one that will bring safety to Sudan.\u201d<\/p>\n

The bishop stressed that \u201cthe most important issue at the moment is humanitarian aid\u201d, and demanded from the warring parties \u201cnot to link the humanitarian aid needed in South Kordofan and the Blue Nile states and other war zones with politics or the current war\u201d.<\/p>\n

On the ground, in West and North Kordofan, members of the Sudan Revolutionary Front (SRF, a coalition of rebel groups) stressed the need for a comprehensive solution.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll the problems of Sudan, of Kordofan and Darfur, South Kordofan and the Blue Nile, and the other regions, should be put together on the negotiating table,\u201d Mohamed Beleil, deputy chairman of the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) and JEM Secretary of the Kordofan region told Radio Dabanga. \u201cAny partial solution for a particular region in Sudan is unacceptable.\u201d<\/p>\n

File photo: Children from South Kordofan in the South Sudanese Yida refugee camp (Samaritan\u2019s Purse)<\/em><\/p>\n

Related:<\/em><\/p>\n

Negotiations between Sudan government and SPLM-N collapse<\/a> (16 February 2014)<\/p>\n

SPLM-N road map for negotiations with Sudanese government<\/a> (16 February 2014)<\/p>\n

Unamid head meets President of Uganda<\/a> (16 February 2014)<\/p>\n

Sudan opposition welcomes proposal of \u2018unified platform\u2019<\/a> (16 February 2014)<\/p>\n