LJM meets US state department

Talks surround implementation of Doha Peace Process and a possible human rights commissionGovernment ally Liberation and Justice Movement (LJM) met with senior US state department officials on Tuesday, a representative of the group told Radio Dabanga.Ahmed Abdul Shafi, vice president of the LJM, told Radio Dabanga that the LJM delegation headed by Tijani Sese met with US special envoy for Sudan Princeton Lymann and US senior advisor on Darfur Dane Smith at the US state department’s headquarters.The LJM is part of many Darfuri groups invited by the US administration to attend an ongoing workshop at the Institute of Peace in Washington.The meeting between the LJM and US officials focused on challenges posing the implementation of the Doha Peace Agreement (DPA) in Darfur. “We looked at LJM’s priorities in the implementation process as well as reasons why other groups have rejected it,” Abdul Shafi said.The DPA signed between the LJM and the Sudanese government has been criticized for being partial since it excludes major opposition groups in Darfur.Human rights commissionWednesday’s meeting also discussed the United Nations African Mission in Darfur’s (UNAMID’s) role in the enforcement of the Darfur peace process and its role in the next stages.“We also met with the US Foreign Ministry officials and the Department of Human Rights. We discussed the human rights situation in Darfur and all over Sudan and the urgent need for a human rights commission to monitor the human rights situation,” Abdul Shafi said.