Sudan's Political Forces Welcome Peace Deal Between Government, Rebel Group

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Sudan's Political Forces Welcome Peace Deal Between Government, Rebel Group

Sudan's political forces on Sunday welcomed a peace agreement, which was signed by the Sudanese government and a rebel group, as a "basic step to stop fighting and bring peace in the country."

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Sudan's political forces on Sunday welcomed a peace agreement, which was signed by the Sudanese government and a rebel group, as a "basic step to stop fighting and bring peace in the country."

The agreement between the government and the rebel Sudanese People's Liberation Army (SPLA), which was reached on Saturday in Machakos City, 45 kilometers southeast of Nairobi of the Kenyan capital, has been met with active large-scale reactions on the Sudanese political arena.

Sudanese President Omar el-Bashir welcomed the agreement, describing it as a "basic step in the right direction of development, peace and stability in the country."

The government will back any step aiming to end the 19-year civil war in the Sudan, Bashir said.

Sudan's Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Shol Dink said theframework of the accord is a good step in the direction of dialoguebetween the two sides.

The ruling National Congress Party also welcomed the Machakos protocol as a "basic structure in the road to peace", urging all national political forces to support it.

The Ummah (Nation) Party, the Sudan's largest opposition party, said it is ready to support any accord aiming to end the country's civil war and achieve unity.

A Democratic Unionist Party source said the Machakos agreement would serve as a comprehensive political solution.

A Sudanese Communist Party leader, however, termed the agreementas a "partial and imposed from abroad, having no constituents of survival."

The peace accord was signed following five weeks' talks under the auspices of the Inter-Governmental Authority for Development, with the attendance of delegates from the United States, Britain, Norway, Switzerland, Egypt and Libya.

The Machakos protocol includes the separation of state and religion and self-determination for the people in southern Sudan. The SPLA has waged a 19-year war against the government for greaterautonomy for mainly Christians and animists in southern states.

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