Casablanca (ADV) – Placed under the patronage of Russia, the new peace negotiations between the Central African government and the rebels are crucial.
So far, the Bangui authorities and their armed opponents have failed to reach an agreement during the various rounds of negotiations. After several weeks of intense negotiations, the protagonists will meet to sign a peace agreement.
A delegation of rebel leaders arrived in Khartoum, Sudan’s capital, on Monday (August 27th). The most influential of them, including Maxime Mocom, who has been touted as one of the hard-line leaders of anti-Balaka militia, has been witnessed there. Noureddine Adam and some political leaders of the armed groups are also announced.
Russia’s new peace initiative, backed by Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir, is expected to start on Tuesday. For three days, the intergroup armed talks and the Bangui government will be conducted with in sight, the signing of a comprehensive peace agreement for the Central African Republic.
The stakes of this new round of talks are crucial as the main rebel leaders now seem determined to commit themselves to peace and stability in the Central African Republic, a country beset by violence since 2013.
Even if the content of the future agreement has not yet been disclosed, the Khartoum meeting promises to be decisive. It unfolds as the panel of African Union (AU) facilitators for the crisis in Central Africa begins, for its part, a series of meetings with representatives of armed groups.
On August 27, African Union representatives traveled to Bouar (in the west of the country) to finalize the recommendations to be submitted during the dialogue between the armed groups and the government.
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