and rebel factions in Darfur Saturday is just a start of a political process of the Western Sudanese region, the official MENA news agency reported Sunday.
In a report presented Sunday to President Hosni Mubarak on the outcome of his visit to Libya and Darfur peace negotiations, Abul Gheit said the talks will continue for at least two months.
Abul Gheit said something may happen in the period to encourage the factions that boycotted the meeting on Saturday to take part in the upcoming talks.
The Egyptian foreign minister also warned against sanctions at present, saying they should be imposed on those who caused heavy loses to international forces in Sudan if sanction were a must.
On Saturday, Darfur mediators started talks in Libya's coastal city of Sirte to find answers to issues which were not resolved by the Abuja deal on Darfur peace, signed between the Sudanese government and the main faction of the Sudan Liberation Movement in Nigerian capital of Abuja on May 5, 2006.
The Sudanese government announced a unilateral cease-fire in Darfur on Saturday evening at the opening talks in Sirte to end a four-year-old conflict in the region.
However, key rebel factions from the war-torn Darfur, including the Justice and Equality Movement and the Sudan Liberation Army, refused to take part in the conference because they feel "the Khartoum government does not have the necessary legitimacy to negotiate."
Source: Xinhua
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