Africa: Chad-Sudan Peace Negotiations to Be Continued on Thursday
Agence de Presse Sénégalaise (Dakar)
13 March 2008
Posted to the web 13 March 2008
Dakar
The peace negotiations between Omar El Beshir and Idriss Deby initially scheduled for Wednesday at 8 pm are postponed to Thursday at 11 am at Meriden Hotel in Dakar where the opening ceremony of the 11th Summit of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC) will be held.
The two presidents are supposed to sign a peace agreement to conclude a negotiation process initiated by Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade to end the armed conflict Chad and Sudan.
Omar El Beshir arrived in Dakar on Wednesday afternoon to attend the OIC summit on Thursday and Friday.
President Omar Bongo of Gabon and the secretary general of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon will also attend the peace signing ceremony. Idriss Deby arrived early in Dakar on Wednesday.