The United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) accused on Tuesday the Sudanese army of bombing two villages in the war-torn western Sudanese region of Darfur without mentioning the casualties.

In a statement issued in Khartoum, the UNMIS said that the bombing was carried out by Antonov aircraft of the Sudanese government on the villages of Anka and Um Rai in North Darfur on Dec. 29, 2006.

The villages were the site of a meeting on Dec. 27 between officials of the UNMIS and the African Union Mission in Sudan ( AMIS) as well as a group of field commanders of Darfur rebel groups which had rejected to accept a peace deal reached between the Sudanese government and a rebel faction in May last year.

"UNMIS roundly condemns the subsequent bombing of the location where the meeting was held," the statement stressed.

It noted that the bombing represented a seriously disturbing development, which had the potential to derail current efforts to persuade all the conflicting parties in Darfur to participate in the peace process.

Source: Xinhua