Experts to discuss ways to settle Sudan conflicts.

MOSCOW, October 6 (Itar-Tass) - Ways to settle conflicts in Sudan will
be the main subject of discussion at an international conference workshop
on Sudan's problems.
Discussions at the forum, opening here on Tuesday, will involve
politicians, public figures, and scientists from Russia, the European
Union (EU), the African Union, the League of Arab States, and the United
Nations Organisation.
They intend to exchange views on prospects for the development of the
internal political situation in Sudan, analyse the situation in the
western Sudanese province of Darfur and discuss possible ways to put an
end to the conflicts. It is also planned to examine the socio-political
and economic interests of the leading powers of the world and African
countries in Sudan.
The conference workshop has been organised on the initiative of
Mikhail Margelov, the Russian President's special representative for
Sudan, the Insititute of Middle East Studies, and the Institute of
Contemporary Development.
Experts on Sudan problems speak of the long-ripe need to settle
conflicts at two flashpoints in that African country. One of them is
located in the south, where Christians and animists fight for independence
from Khartoum, the authorities of which represent the Moslem majority of
the country. The other one is in the west, in Darfur province, where an
interethnic conflict has been raging since 2003.
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