KHARTOUM, June 8 (Xinhua) -- The Sudanese government on Thursday reiterated readiness for cessation of hostilities with the Darfur armed groups and the rebel Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM)/northern sector at South Kordofan and Blue Nile areas.
The remarks were made by Sudan's Foreign Minister Ibrahim Ghandour, when he received here the visiting United Nations Secretary-General's Special Envoy for Sudan and South Sudan, Nicholas Haysom, said the foreign ministry in a statement.
"The minister reiterated Sudan government's readiness to sign the declaration of cessation of hostilities stipulated in the African Union (AU) roadmap," it noted.
Ghandour further renewed Sudan's keenness to achieving security and stability in South Sudan together with Sudan's essential role in all the initiatives aiming at realizing peace and stability in South Sudan.
The Sudanese official, however, complained South Sudan's continued support for the Sudanese armed groups, according to the statement.
"Sudan has exercised maximum degrees of wisdom and self-restraint over continuation of South Sudan and Libya in supporting the Sudanese armed movements," said Ghandour.
The Sudanese government unilaterally signed the AU-proposed roadmap agreement in March 2016 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, while the major Darfur armed movements and the SPLM/northern sector joined the roadmap agreement in August 2016.
The roadmap stipulates arrangements related to the cease-fire in South Kordofan, Blue Nile, and the Darfur regions and a peace process.
Many rounds of peace talks have been held in Addis Ababa between the Sudanese government and Sudanese rebel groups, under the patronage of the African Union, but have failed to end the conflict or reach a cessation of hostilities.
Sudan has been fighting the rebel SPLM/northern sector in South Kordofan and Blue Nile states since 2011. It has also been fighting armed groups in Darfur since 2003.
