Darfur's splintered rebel movements must unite at the negotiating table if there is to be a lasting solution to the conflict in the Sudanese region, a UN military official said Tuesday.
The international community needs to put as much pressure on the rebels as it has on the government to end the conflict, Gen. Martin Luther Agwai, force commander of the joint United Nations-African Union peacekeeping mission in Darfur (UNAMID), told reporters in New York, according a UN statement on the world body's website.
"I want to say it again and again that it takes two to tango," Agwai said. "Let's not put too much searchlight on one party; let's also put enough searchlight on the other party," he added.
Agwai noted that four rebel groups took part in talks preceding the signing of the Darfur Peace Agreement in Abuja, Nigeria, in 2006, and yet now they have fractured into around 30 groups on the ground, nearly all of them without cohesive command and control.
Too many of the rebel groups had shown no interest in negotiations, the force commander said.
"They will have to end on the negotiation table because militarily it's clear no side will win the war in Darfur," he said.
Source:Xinhua
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