KHARTOUM, Oct. 19 (Xinhuanet) -- Sudanese Foreign Minister Mustafa Othman Ismail described here Tuesday the recently-held African minisummit on Darfur in Libya's capital of Tripoli as "very successful"..

    The one-day five-way summit on Sunday was attended by leaders ofEgypt, Chad, Sudan, Naigeria and Libya, trying to solve the problemin Sudan's western region of Darfur within the framework of the African Union (AU).

    "The summit has sent a clear political message to the international community that Africa is keen to keep the Darfur filewithin the African framework," Ismail said in a press statement released after Sudanese President Omar El-Basher returned home fromTripoli Monday evening.

    The Sudanese foreign minister noted that the summit had expressed its rejection to any foreign intervention in the Darfur issue and urged the international community to leave the African country to lead the Darfur issue to the end.

    The summit meeting stressed the importance of the contribution of the international community to implement what was agreed on by the African leaders, Ismail urged.

    He pointed out that during the summit meeting, African leaders discusseed a comprehensive view put forword by Sudanese President El-Basher in the the four agenda regarding the humanitarian, security, political and social situations in Darfur.

    The leaders appreciated the efforts exerted by the Sudanese government to improve the humanitarian situation and facilitate theflow of humanitarian aid to Darfur and stressed that the African Union must continue playing the leading role in solving the Darfur crisis.

    The summit assigned ministers of the five participating countries to form a mechanism to follow the efforts exerted and deliver reports to the leaders of the five countries, Ismail said, adding "the first meeting for this mechanism will be held in Cairo, Egypt." Enditem