Amid celebrations attended by Salva Kiir and Arab and African leaders

Signing of the final peace agreement in Sudan

Burhan and Salvaker hold hands when they arrive to sign the agreement.

Reuters

Yesterday, the Sudanese government and the armed movements affiliated with the Revolutionary Front signed the final peace agreement in Juba, the capital of the state of South Sudan.

The signing ceremony was attended by the President of the Sudanese Sovereignty Council, Lieutenant General Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, and the President of the State of South Sudan, Salva Kiir Mayardit, in the presence of an international, African, foreign and local presence after negotiations that lasted a year.

On August 31, the two sides initialed the agreement, which included eight protocols for the Darfur track.

The historic agreement includes agreements related to power-sharing, land ownership, compensation, and reconciliation, as well as the return of displaced persons from their homes during the 17 years of conflict, and provides for the dismantling of rebel forces and their integration into the national army.

Armed movements have been the cause of ongoing violence in the troubled Horn of Africa nation since 2003, when unrest erupted in the troubled region of Darfur.

The United Nations says the conflict has killed nearly 300,000 people and displaced millions.

A member of the Southern Mediation Committee and official spokesperson, Diao Matouk, stressed the need to provide the large resources needed to implement the terms of the agreement for the return of displaced persons and refugees, compensation for those affected by wars and conflicts, security arrangements and reconstruction.

He stressed that the inexpensive start is the return of the leaders of the armed movements, which requires arrangements from the transitional government of Sudan.

He revealed an initiative by the State of South Sudan, the state sponsor of the Juba Platform for the Comprehensive Sudan Peace Negotiations, to hold an international conference for donors to provide the necessary resources to bridge the gap in Sudan's resources to implement the agreement and its requirements, and to support the government to successfully pass the first 10 years of the transitional period.

The Governor of Gezira State in Sudan, Dr. Abdullah Idris Al-Kinin, confirmed that the signing of the peace agreement in Juba will put an end to the suffering of the Sudanese people in refugee and displacement camps, and open a new page that ends the wars that have drained the country's resources, strained budgets, lost lives, disrupted development, halted growth and development, and delayed the country.

Idris called for concerted efforts, joint work and raising the nation's interest to overcome the challenges and pitfalls facing peacebuilding, expressing his thanks, appreciation and praise of the State of South Sudan and the mediation team for their wise leadership of the peace talks that lasted for more than a year, and their eagerness to reach a lasting and satisfactory peace for all.

The day before yesterday, a tripartite meeting was held at the Presidential Palace in Juba, which included the President of the State of South Sudan, Prime Minister Abdullah Hamdok, and the Chairman of the "Popular Movement - North" Abdulaziz Al-Hilu.

The participants in the meeting discussed the development of the peace process between the transitional government and the "People's Movement - North", which would lead to the return of the talks between them. It was also emphasized that completing a just and comprehensive peace in Sudan is a fateful issue for the states of Sudan and South Sudan in a way that serves the political and economic stability of the peoples of the two countries.

The agreement includes power-sharing, land ownership, compensation, reconciliation, and the return of the displaced.

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