Sudan: Peace Negotiations

(asked on 16th November 2017) - View Source

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask Her Majesty's Government, with reference to the letter from the Minister of State for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Rory Stewart MP, to the APPG on Sudan and South Sudan dated 23 August, how they propose to “press for a genuine, inclusive and transparent National Dialogue process in Sudan”, given that the provision in the Road Map Agreement to hold a preparatory meeting with the opposition to discuss how to make the National Dialogue was not taken forward and that President Bashir proceeded to close the National Dialogue in October 2016.


Answered by
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Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
This question was answered on 30th November 2017

We have welcomed the government of Sudan's stated readiness to keep the National Dialogue process open for other groups to join, after October 2016. The UK has continued to call for a National Dialogue that is inclusive, genuine, and Sudanese-led, and has encouraged all sides to engage constructively to that end

We have also supported the efforts of the chair of the African Union High-Level Implementation Panel (AUHIP) and the chief mediator of the Road Map, President Thabo Mbeki, to convince the government of Sudan to proceed with the National Dialogue in an inclusive way, and to convince the opposition to resume their participation constructively, in keeping with the spirit of the Agreement.

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