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CHAD–SUDAN: Saudi‐Brokered Deal

CHAD–SUDAN: Saudi‐Brokered Deal Cross‐border fighting is being tackled as a preliminary to achieving peace within each country. In a move that affirms its belief that regional problems need regional solutions, Saudi Arabia scored a diplomatic victory by brokering a deal between Sudan and Chad to quell spillover fighting from the Darfur crisis. While the impact will become clearer in the months ahead,␣there␣is␣no␣denying that the recent accord, encouraging the␣two African neighbours to stop rebels and opposition groups from staging cross‐border raids and support the African Union's (AU) efforts to stabilise Darfur, breaks new ground in a festering crisis. With regard to Darfur, the Saudi attempts to mediate could partly have been a reaction to prove critics, such as Chad, wrong. In November 2006, Chad‐in a letter to the UN Security Council‐accused Sudan and groups in Saudi Arabia of playing a role in the Chadian rebels’ attempts to overthrow the N'Djamena government. In facilitating the Sudan‐Chad deal, Riyadh set the record straight that one of its main principles of foreign policy is non‐intervention in the internal affairs of other countries and proved that its intentions were only constructive. There are economic deals at stake too. In December 2005, an agreement was signed in Jeddah between Sudanese and Saudi businessmen establishing a holding company for investment, which started by setting up a US$10bn public share‐holding company in the field of real estate. A committee formed between the two sides is working toward implementing the agreement, which covers agricultural, livestock, petroleum, power and transport sectors as well as banking services. ( Araa, Gulf, 20/5 ) See pp. 17084, 17090 http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Africa Research Bulletin: Political, Social and Cultural Series Wiley

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Wiley
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Copyright © 2007 Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company
ISSN
0001-9844
eISSN
1467-825X
DOI
10.1111/j.1467-825X.2007.00994.x
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Abstract

Cross‐border fighting is being tackled as a preliminary to achieving peace within each country. In a move that affirms its belief that regional problems need regional solutions, Saudi Arabia scored a diplomatic victory by brokering a deal between Sudan and Chad to quell spillover fighting from the Darfur crisis. While the impact will become clearer in the months ahead,␣there␣is␣no␣denying that the recent accord, encouraging the␣two African neighbours to stop rebels and opposition groups from staging cross‐border raids and support the African Union's (AU) efforts to stabilise Darfur, breaks new ground in a festering crisis. With regard to Darfur, the Saudi attempts to mediate could partly have been a reaction to prove critics, such as Chad, wrong. In November 2006, Chad‐in a letter to the UN Security Council‐accused Sudan and groups in Saudi Arabia of playing a role in the Chadian rebels’ attempts to overthrow the N'Djamena government. In facilitating the Sudan‐Chad deal, Riyadh set the record straight that one of its main principles of foreign policy is non‐intervention in the internal affairs of other countries and proved that its intentions were only constructive. There are economic deals at stake too. In December 2005, an agreement was signed in Jeddah between Sudanese and Saudi businessmen establishing a holding company for investment, which started by setting up a US$10bn public share‐holding company in the field of real estate. A committee formed between the two sides is working toward implementing the agreement, which covers agricultural, livestock, petroleum, power and transport sectors as well as banking services. ( Araa, Gulf, 20/5 ) See pp. 17084, 17090

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Africa Research Bulletin: Political, Social and Cultural SeriesWiley

Published: Jun 1, 2007

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