Sudan's President Bashir calls time on Darfur talks

  • coach bags sale report, Sudan will withdraw from


    peace talks with rebels in the western Darfur region if no deal is reached by Thursday, its


    president has said.


    The talks would go back to Darfur and anyone bearing arms would be dealt with decisively, Omar


    al-Bashir said.


    coach bags sale report,Mediators at the Qatar talks


    are currently in discussion with representatives of both sides.


    Rebels in Darfur have been fighting government troops and Arab militias, said to be backed by


    Khartoum.


    'Declaration of war'

    President Bashir told a rally in Darfur he had set a deadline of Thursday for the negotiations to


    be successful.


    "But if there is no agreement, we will withdraw our negotiating team and the talks will then be


    held in Darfur," he said.


    "We will fight those who choose to take up arms, but we will sit next to those who want


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    The most heavily-armed rebel movement, the Justice and Equality Movement (Jem), called Mr


    Bashir's speech "a declaration of war".


    Khartoum has been seeking a comprehensive peace agreement with all the rebel groups at the Qatar


    talks.


    It had hoped to secure a deal before the end of the year, as an independence referendum in


    southern Sudan is set to dominate the government's agenda in January.