A leader of the rebel Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) has rejected to restart peace talks with the Sudanese government to end the four-year conflict in western Sudanese region of Darfur, local daily Sudan Tribune reported Wednesday on its website.

In an interview with the English-language newspaper, SLM leader Abdelwahid al-Nour reiterated his refusal of peace negotiations with the Sudanese government, saying he could not negotiate with a regime that "committing genocide against (Darfur) people."

He also said that the lack of credibility of the ruling National Congress Party led by Sudanese President Omar el-Bashir had undercut any serious efforts for a negotiated settlement.

"This regime has failed to implement one single previous agreement," he said, adding that "there is only one solution which is that this genocidal regime should go and to be replaced by secular democratic system."

On May 5 last year, the rival leader of the SLM Mini Arkou Minawi signed the Darfur Peace Agreement with the Sudanese government in the Nigerian capital Abuja.

However, al-Nour and other rebel groups rejected to accept the peace agreement, claiming it was unfair and did not meet all their demands.

Source: Xinhua