ADDIS ABABA, July 28 (Xinhuanet) -- The African Union (AU) Wednesday urged the Sudanese government to neutralize and disarm the Janjaweed militia and other armed groups in its western Darfurregion, and bring to justice the perpetrators of human rights abuses.

    The bloc also called upon the Khartoum government and two rebelgroups to scrupulously comply with the Humanitarian Ceasefire Agreement, and to extend full cooperation to the Ceasefire Commission and the military observers deployed in Darfur, according to a communique issued here by AU Peace and Security Council following a one-day meeting.

    It also expressed its regret over the failure of the political talks among the Sudanese government and the two rebel groups, the Justice and Equality Movement and the Sudan Liberation Movement/Army, stressing the need for a speedy resumption of the dialogue at the highest level at the next round of the political talks.

    The talks, which started on July 15 in Addis Ababa by neutral mediators including the United Nations, the AU, government of Chadand European Union member states, came to a deadlock on July 17 after the movements presented a political dialogue to the Sudan government with six conditions, including the disarming of Janjaweed.

    The Janjaweed has been widely blamed for terrorizing black Africans in Darfur, where a serious humanitarian crisis is unfolding. The Sudanese government was accused of supporting the militia, an accusation vehemently denied by Khartoum.

    The movements said that unless the government accepted the conditions for political dialogue, they would never sit together for any other political dialogue.

    The Sudanese government termed these conditions as "unpractical," saying some militia groups are illegal and underground and the government needs time to address the issue.

    However, on July 25, the leaders of the movements have agreed to participate in substantive negotiations for a political solution to the Darfur region after a round of peace talks in Geneva mediated by the AU.

    In a related development, the United States is seeking a UN resolution to impose sanctions against the Sudanese government forits failure to protect displaced civilians, disarm militias, lift travel restrictions on aid workers.

    And the Sudanese government warned the United States not to interfere in its internal affairs, accused Washington of using theDarfur crisis as a pretext to topple the Sudanese government and ordered a general mobilization alert to face down any foreign intervention in the Darfur crisis.

    The Darfur crisis have escalated into what the United Nations called the world's current worst humanitarian crisis since the indigenous revolted against Khartoum government on February 2003 as over 10,000 people were killed and more than one million displaced, largely blamed on the Janjaweed. Enditem