Posted on Wednesday, January 20
The Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki affirmed his country's support to efforts to finalize peace in Darfur. "The African-Qatari initiative is the only way out for finding peaceful settlement to Darfur issue," he said.
Afwerki told Sudan TV that the Qatari initiative is the only way out of internationalization on one hand, and allowing Sudanese a chance to resolve their problems themselves, on the other. "There is no alternative for Sudanese-Sudanese solutions," he argued, stating that there might be some difficulties and complications to resolving Darfur problem, but Sudanese have overcome them to avert internationalization of the problem or seeking solution by the intervention by Africa, or the United Nations or external forces. "We see in the Qatari initiative the way out," Afwerki reiterated.
The Eritrean President described Sudanese –Eritrean relations as a strategic and will not be affected by passing political positions, stating his country's rejection of the International Criminal Court's warrant for President Omar Al-Bashir as unshakable principle.
