African Foreign Ministers welcome at conclusion of their meeting agreement on roadmap on Abyei

SUNA - The Executive Council of the African Foreign Ministers concluded session in Sharm Al-Shiekh in Egypt Saturday to prepare for the African Summit, scheduled for Monday. Minister of Foreign Affairs Deng Alor said in a press statement that the meeting tackled the comprehensive peace file in Sudan and the participants underscored the executive steps that have been made so far, especially the roadmap agreement on Abyei area and the efforts exerted by the parties to the agreement to reach such solutions.

The minister added that the meeting also tackled the file of peace in Darfur and the Sudanese-Chadian relations, where the African ministers called for the importance of finding speedy solutions to these issues. Meanwhile, Sudan Envoy to the African Union Ambassador Mohi-Eddin Salim said in a statement to SUNA that the Executive Council of the African Foreign Ministers discussed a number of political issues and reports issued by African ministerial conferences, which numbered 11 reports.