Libya PM accepts Sudan peace plan
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October 29, 2014
Khartoum - Sudan said on Tuesday that Libya's internationally recognised
premier has accepted its proposal to bring together different groups in his
strife-torn North African nation for talks on ending the conflict.
Mounting unrest across Libya has virtually confined the internationally
recognised government to the eastern city of Tobruk, and last month it
accused Sudan of arming "terror" groups on its territory.
Libyan Prime Minister Abdullah al-Thani "accepted the plan presented by
President [Omar] al-Bashir to bring different Libyan groups together, and we
have a clear plan," said Sudanese Foreign Minister Ali Karti.
Speaking to reporters, Karti gave no further details of the plan, only
saying it would be discussed with ministers at the next neighbouring
countries of Libya meeting in the Sudanese capital.
His remarks came after the Libyan premier, who was in Khartoum for a
three-day visit, met with Bashir and other senior Sudanese officials.
In September, Thani's government said Sudan was arming "terror" groups after
an arms-laden Sudanese plane touched down at an airbase in southern Libya,
allegedly bound for a military airbase in Tripoli held by mostly Islamist
militias who seized the capital in August.
Sudan denied the allegations, and Karti said on Tuesday that Khartoum's
"communications with different Libyan groups" would come only as part of
their plan for talks about Libya.
Libyan Foreign Minister Mohamed al-Dairi struck a conciliatory stance after
the meeting, saying of the allegations Khartoum was arming groups in Libya
that his government wanted "to close this page".
He said Libya and Sudan had a "relationship of military cooperation, like
the one we have with Egypt, Jordan, Turkey and the Emirates, and Sudan is
helping us in capacity building and training Libyan army officers".
Since the 2011 revolution that toppled long serving leader Muammar Gaddafi,
Libya's authorities have failed to stamp their authority on the militias
that fought in the uprising.
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