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Darfur rebels ask Kadhafi to defend their interests at mini-summit
(Agencies)
Updated: 2005-05-10 08:50

A rebel delegation from the war-wracked Sudanese region of Darfur asked Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi to defend their interests at an African mini-summit in Cairo next week to which they have not been invited.

Kadhafi received representatives of both the Sudan Liberation Army and the Justice and Equality Movement at his tent in the Al-Azizia district of the capital, an AFP correspondent witnessed.

Sudanese Justice and Equality Movement rebels in Darfur in 2004. A rebel delegation from the war-wracked Sudanese region of Darfur asked Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi to defend their interests at an African mini-summit in Cairo next week to which they have not been invited.(AFP/File
Sudanese Justice and Equality Movement rebels in Darfur in 2004. A rebel delegation from the war-wracked Sudanese region of Darfur asked Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi to defend their interests at an African mini-summit in Cairo next week to which they have not been invited. [AFP/File]
The rebels asked the Libyan leader for financial support of seven million dollars and funds to compensate their ethnic minority supporters for the ravages of the Sudanese security forces and their Arab militia allies.

They also asked him to look after their interests in Sunday's mini-summit which will gather Sudanese President Omar al-Beshir and his counterparts from Chad, Egypt and Nigeria alongside Kadhafi.

Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi attends a meeting with leaders of Sudanese tribes and parties, including Darfur figures, in Tripoli. A media source told AFP that representatives of Darfur rebels met with Kadhafi today in the Libyan capital and asked him to speak in their name at the African summit on Darfur which will be held in the Egyptian Red Sear resort of Sharm el-Sheikh later this month.(AFP
Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi attends a meeting with leaders of Sudanese tribes and parties, including Darfur figures, in Tripoli.[AFP/file]
The rebels accused the Sudanese regime of pursuing a "war of extermination" against Darfur's minorities since they launched their uprising two years ago.

As many as 300,000 people have died in the conflict and more than two million more fled their homes, according to a British parliamentary committee report.

The press was excluded from the reception before Kadhafi responded to the rebel delegation.



 
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