The transitional government of Sudan and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) agreed in their talks in Juba, capital of South Sudan, on a document called the "Negotiating Issues Document" to seek a peace agreement.
The document, signed by a SPLM representative and a member of the Sovereignty Council, includes political, humanitarian and security issues.
Jake Mahmoud, spokesman for the SPLM-N, described the agreement as a major breakthrough in the negotiating file that did not take place in eight years.
For his part, said member of the Council of sovereignty Mohamed Hassan coexistence that the government is seeking with what he described as partners of the armed struggle to bring peace to the country.
Lt. Gen. Mohammed Hamdan Humaidi, deputy chairman of the Sovereignty Council and head of the government negotiating delegation to the Juba negotiations, said the negotiations could lead to the signing of a peace agreement within a few days or weeks.
This comes just days after the head of the Sovereign Council, General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, declared a permanent ceasefire in the three conflict zones (Darfur, Blue Nile and South Kordofan).
In addition to the SPLM-N, the current negotiations in Juba include the Revolutionary Front.
For its part, called on the "Sudan Liberation Movement" led by Abdel Wahed Nour yesterday the Sudanese government to release 38 of its members imprisoned in the state of South Darfur, and said that there is no justification for their stay in prison after the fall of the regime of President Omar al-Bashir.
In a statement, the movement welcomed the decision of the sovereign council last week to release 24 prisoners from its forces who had been sentenced to death earlier.
Earlier, interim Prime Minister Abdullah Hamdouk stressed the priority of stopping the war.