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To: Tomas who wrote (2448)	5/28/2001 7:02:17 PM
From: Greywolf	Respond to of 2742

Sudan government eyes peace ahead of June meeting, OSLO, May 28 (Reuters) - Sudanese Foreign Minister Mustafa Osman Ismail said on Monday prospects were good for an end to the conflict in southern Sudan, in which millions have died from war, disease and starvation. "Everybody wants this war to stop, everybody wants a ceasefire," Ismail said at a press conference in Oslo after a meeting with Norwegian Foreign Minister Thorbjoern Jagland. Ismail said he was optimistic that the government and the rebel Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) could agree on a ceasefire at a planned June 2 meeting in Nairobi, Kenya, under the auspices of the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD), a group of east African states. "And we want this ceasefire to be accommodated by a serious negotiation that could lead to a final settlement." Ismail said representatives from the rebel Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) would be present at the IGAD summit. Sudan has been embroiled in civil war over the past 18 years between the Muslim, Arabic-speaking north and rebels fighting for autonomy for the mainly Christian and animist south. In Nairobi on Monday, the SPLA announced it had reunited with an important militia leader to strengthen its hand in the conflict with the government in Khartoum. The SPLA signed a declaration of unity with Riek Machar's Sudan People's Defence Forces (SPDF) in Kenya, effectively pairing the leaders of the two largest southern tribes. Ismail said he welcomed a more pro-active role from the United States, which has said it would try to help end the conflict in Sudan, but warned that Washington would need to be "fair and neutral" in its involvement. The United States said on May 25 it would give $3 million in logistical aid to the main Sudanese rebel group National Domestic Alliance. "(This) is a mark of non-neutrality," Ismail said. "It could be explained as taking part in the conflict." U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell, who last week visited Sudan's southern neighbours on a tour of Africa, promised on Sunday to send 400,000 tonnes of food to needy Sudanese on both sides of the conflict.