Consultative meeting with Darfur civil society started in Doha

Darfurian civil society organizations are important in the peace process in Darfur. This was said by the Qatari Minister of Foreign Affairs Ahmed bin Abdullah Al Mahmud yesterday at the opening of the Doha consultations with civil society representatives. He will do everything possible to bring peace in Darfur.

One of the participants of the meeting, Abu Al Qasim Sayf al-Din, criticized the absence of the armed movement from this meeting. He said it would help the problem of Darfur. Adam Al Nahla, another of the participants, told Radio Dabanga that the meeting came after an intense effort made by the people of Darfur.

One of the females participating in the workshop told Radio Dabanga that the number of the participants in the workshop reached 177 persons and they have been distributed into 5 working committees.