(Xinhua)
Updated: 2008-05-12 09:22

KHARTOUM - The Chadian government on Sunday denied accusations made by the Sudanese government that N'Djamena was involved in the Saturday attack of the rebel Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) on capital Khartoum.

Sudanese soldiers patrol the streets of the capital Khartoum May 11, 2008. Sudan cut diplomatic relations with Chad on Sunday after an attack on Khartoum by Darfur rebels which it said was supported by Chadian President Idriss Deby. [Agencies]

"Chad has nothing to do with this adventure," Chadian Information Minister Muhammad Hissein told Qatar's Al-Jazeera television minitored in Khartoum.

Hissein called on the Sudanese government and all the rebel movements in the restive western Sudanese region of Darfur to be committed to the agreements they had signed.

The official Sudan Television Station broadcasted a footage in which some of JEM elements captured by the army troops during the Saturday fighting said that they came from Chad.

Earlier on Sunday, Sudanese President Omer al-Bashir announced a decision to sever diplomatic ties with Chad, holding Chad responsible for the rebel attack on Khartoum.

The Sudanese government announced on Saturday evening that the army and the police had crushed the attempt of the JEM rebels to infiltrate into the capital and carry out sabotage activities there, killing and capturing a number of the infiltrators.

This was the first time for rebels in Darfur to enter Khartoum and launch attacks there since bloody conflicts erupted in the western Sudanese region neighboring Chad in February, 2003.

The Sudanese government has repeatedly accused N'djamena of supporting and providing assistance to the rebel movements in Darfur, but the Chadian government has denied the accusation.

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