Deputy Head of Sudan's Transitional Military Council Lieutenant General Mohammad Hamdan Dagalo (Hamidati) and Sudan Liberation Army’s Leader Minni Arko Minnawi are scheduled to hold the first meeting of its kind in the Chadian capital, N'Djamena, according to Sudanese local newspapers.
Hamidati announced early this week releasing prisoners of the armed movements and forming a committee, led by him, to negotiate with the armed rebel movements.
Meanwhile, the Darfur-based Justice and Equality Movement (JEM), led by Jibril Ibrahim, and the Sudan Liberation Movement welcomed holding talks with the Transitional Military Council.
South Sudan’s capital, Juba, will also host an adverse meeting between a delegation from the Declaration of Freedom and Change Forces (DFCF) and Commander of Sudan People's Liberation Army/North Abdel Aziz al-Hilu, who called for holding the talks, sources told Asharq Al-Awsat.
According to the sources, Hilu is expected to propose a new initiative to deal with the Sudanese crisis, and representatives of the DFCF will hand over their passports to the South Sudanese Embassy in Khartoum and are expected to arrive in Juba on Saturday.
They pointed out that South Sudan’s government, which had also proposed an initiative to resolve the conflict, is only hosting the meeting, without playing any further role.
Meanwhile, different parts of Sudan witnessed protests, demonstrations and rallies calling for handing over the power to a civilian government, and the DFCF took over a joint African-Ethiopian mediation initiative.
DFCF announced receiving a draft agreement submitted by the joint African-Ethiopian mediation.
“On 27 June, the DFCF received a draft for a proposed agreement submitted by the joint African-Ethiopian mediation to agree with the Military Council on the basis of the Declaration of Principles, it said in brief statement on its Facebook page.
It announced earlier that it has agreed to the "Declaration of Principles" presented by the Ethiopian mediator Mahmoud Dirar.
“We are now reviewing the proposal submitted to decide in this regard,” said DFCF, commenting on the draft.
