KHARTOUM  - (Sudan Tribune) The chairman of Darfur peace follow-up office Magdi Khalaf Allah said the mechanisms approved by the Doha Document for Peace in Darfur (DDPD) would remain the only means to implement any future agreement with the rebel movements.
Delegations from the Sudanese government, Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) and Sudan Liberation Movement - Minni Minnawi on the other side held a two-day meeting in Berlin on 16-17 April to discuss a declaration of principle ahead of the resumption of peace talks to end the western Sudan region conflict.
In an interview with the official news agency SUNA, Khalaf Allah said the Berlin talks didn’t fail but stalled over the rebels’ demand to develop new implementation mechanisms prior to agreeing on the negotiations agenda.
He pointed out that the government wouldn’t accept to introduce new mechanisms as long as the parties have agreed to the DDPD as a basis for negotiations and Doha as the venue for the talks.
Khalaf Allah added any future agreement with the rebel movements would be attached to the DDPD as a protocol agreement.