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To: Zeev Hed who wrote (7290)	11/12/1997 7:54:00 PM
From: LARRY LARSON	Respond to of 9164

Hi Kids- Do we have "continuing" peace talk or what?? By Christine Hauser KHARTOUM, Nov 12 (Reuters) - Sudan's foreign minister said on Wednesday the government has proposed a federal system which aims to meet concerns over the country's religious diversity, a key issue in peace talks with rebels which ended this week. Foreign Minister Ali Osman Mohammad Taha was speaking after almost two weeks of peace talks between Sudan's government and Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) political wing ended without agreement in Nairobi on Tuesday. ''The federal arrangement is made as a formula to accommodate the diversity of the Sudan, and the question of religion has been one of the motives behind adopting the federal arrangements,'' Taha told Reuters at Khartoum airport on his return from Kenya. He also told journalists at the airport that Khartoum rejected a rebel proposal of a confederacy of northern and southern states as a solution to the war between the Moslem north, and Christian and animist south. The rebels had proposed a referendum on self-determination for south Sudan after two years, with a confederation between north and south in the interim period. Salva Kiir, leader of the rebel delegation to the talks, told a news conference in Nairobi on Tuesday: ''I cannot really say that the talks have failed, but the reason why we did not reach a final step...is the government of Sudan trying to impose sharia (Islamic law) when there are so many other groups.'' Asked about Khartoum's position on this concern, Taha told Reuters: ''We have provided a formula whereby the relationship between the state and religion will be reflective and accommodate all the religions and cultures of the Sudan. ''The exercise of public rights and duties would be wholly based on the principle of citizenship, which gives opportunities for all Sudanese on the basis of citizenship, irrespective of their creed, religion, or ethnic background.'' There was no sign of a ceasefire in the civil war of more than 14 years and the next round of talks is due to start in April. The Nairobi talks were mediated by the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD), a seven-nation group of African states. Taha said that the government would issue a statement on Thursday on its full position regarding the peace talks. In a nine-point document Khartoum accepted the principle of self-determination as a means of ending the war, but proposed last week a north-south federation in place of confederation. Some 1.3 million people have been killed in the war between the Khartoum government and the SPLA which began in 1983. 19:06 11-12-97