Sudan rebel leader says government agreed to open access for aid, signs peace deal
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1437808
Sudan rebel leader says government agreed to open access for aid, signs peace deal
- Title: Sudan rebel leader says government agreed to open access for aid, signs peace deal
- Date: 21st October 2019
- Summary: JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN (OCTOBER 21, 2019) (REUTERS) ***WARNING CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** SOUTH SUDAN PRESIDENT, SALVA KIIR, AND SUDAN REBEL LEADER AND DEPUTY HEAD OF SUDAN TRANSITIONAL MILITARY COUNCIL, MOHAMMED HAMDAN DAGALO 'HEMEDTI', WALKING INTO MEETING ROOM SOUTH SUDANESE AND SUDANESE DELEGATIONS MEMBERS SEATED IN THE HALL KIIR SEATED VARIOUS OF PEACE SIGNING PROCESS BETWEEN SOUTH SUDANESE AND SUDANESE REPRESENTATIVES DELEGATES CHEERING DAGALO SHAKING HANDS WITH SOUTH SUDANESE REPRESENTATIVE DAGALO, CHAIRMAN OF SUDANESE REVOLUTIONARY FRONT, ALHADI IDRIS, KIIR AND CHAIRMAN OF SOUTH SUDANESE MEDIATION COMMITTEE, TUT GALWAK, HOLDING OUT THE PEACE AGREEMENT DOCUMENT (L-R) KIIR ADDRESSING THE MEETING ROOM (SOUNDBITE) (English) SOUTH SUDAN PRESIDENT, SALVA KIIR, SAYING: "The problem in Sudan, if it is not solved it will always spill into South Sudan, and South Sudan will also be in trouble. And the opposite is also the same. I want the two countries to move out of this crisis and so that they concentrate only on the development for the people of Sudan and South Sudan." DELEGATES AT THE MEETING DAGALO LISTENING FORMER SOUTH SUDAN VICE PRESIDENT, RIEK MACHAR, AND OTHER DELEGATES SEATED AT THE MEETING (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) SUDAN REBEL LEADER AND DEPUTY HEAD OF SUDAN TRANSITIONAL MILITARY COUNCIL, MOHAMMED HAMDAN DAGALO, SAYING: "What we want from peace is to be able to remain committed to the constitution and to believe in the principles of the Sudanese revolution, but above all that, our ability to champion the causes of the marginalised and the internally displaced." KIIR SHAKING HANDS WITH DELEGATES
- Embargoed: 4th November 2019 19:24
- Keywords: Sudan south Sudan MOHAMMED HAMDAN DAGALO
- Location: JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN
- City: JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN
- Country: South Sudan
- Topics: Diplomacy/Foreign Policy,Government/Politics
- Reuters ID: LVA001B21K5ZB
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: EDITORS NOTE: QUALITY AS INCOMING
Sudan has agreed to open humanitarian access to war-torn areas of the country for the first time in eight years as part of a new roadmap enabling suspended peace talks to resume, a rebel leader said on Monday (October 21).
The Sudanese government and major rebel groups agreed on Friday (October 18) to the roadmap and signed a declaration confirming their commitment to it on Monday in Juba, the capital of South Sudan, which has hosted the talks for the past week.
The roadmap includes a cessation of hostilities agreement, which both parties have repeatedly broken in the past. An end to multiple conflicts in Sudan is a prerequisite for the United States to remove the country from its list of sponsors of terrorism.
Sudan is being led by a transitional government after a coup in April overthrew longtime autocrat Omar al Bashir after months of deadly protests.
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