CAIRO, Jan. 17 (Xinhuanet) -- The Sudanese government and opposition National Democratic Alliance (NDA) have signed a draft peace deal in an effort to end a 15-year conflict between the two sides, said a statement released here Monday.

    "The two sides have agreed on all political, constitutional and legislative issues, which will set the steps towards democratic change in Sudan," the statement said.

    The agreement was signed late Sunday in the Egyptian capital Cairo between the Sudanese government delegation, led by Minister of Federal Government Nafie Ali Nafie, and the Cairo-based NDA's delegation, led by the group's vice president Adel Rahman Saeed.

    Under the deal signed after three rounds of talks since August 2004, the two sides agreed to set up a commission to reintegrate 3,000 proxy rebel troops into regular Sudanese forces.

    A final agreement will be inked on Feb. 12 in Cairo, the statement said.

    The agreement marked another key step to bring peace to Sudan after the Sudanese government and the southern rebel Sudan People'sLiberation Movement signed a final peace agreement on Jan.9 in the Kenya's capital Nairobi, ending a 21-year civil war in the south.

    Khartoum and NDA said they are committed to solving the Darfur problem, another troubled point in the country's western region.

    The opposition party is an umbrella group which includes southern Sudanese rebels and the Sudan Liberation Army (SLA), one of the two main rebel groups in Darfur. Enditem