Sudanese - American Talks to begin Wednesday in Rome

SUNA - Talks between Sudan and the United States is due to begin Wednesday in Rome on ways for normalization of the bilateral relations. Sudan delegation for the talks is headed by the Assistant of the President of the Republic, Dr. Nafie Ali Nafie, and including the Foreign Minister, Deng Alor, the General Director of the National Security and Intelligence Service, Gen. Salah Abdalla, and officials concerned with the Sudanese - American relations.

SUNA learned that the Sudanese - American talks are scheduled to last till Saturday, but sources indicated that these talks could be extended if the dialogue process went on encouraging directions for the two parties. It is to be recalled that the current American administration has played a major role in encouraging the peace process which led to the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) that ended the longstanding war between north and south Sudan.