CAIRO, Sept 16 (KUNA) -- The best thing the international community can do for Sudan is to support the Abuja peace deal on Darfur instead of planning for deploying international forces, Sudanese Foreign Minister Al-Samani Al-Wasila stressed Saturday.
Al-Wasila told Sawt Al-Arab (Voice of the Arabs) Radio that the tension in Darfur was a result of violent acts committed by sides opposing the Abuja agreement.
He also stressed that peace must be achieved by the people of Sudan themselves and no one else.
Senior Sudanese officials rejected United Nations Security Council (UNSC) resolution 1706 demanding transferring of the mission of African peace-keeping forces in Darfur to a UN-led operation.
Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir had accused some countries on Friday of providing support to two Sudanese groups refusing the Abuja deal, pointing out that sides refusing the agreement formed the National Redemption Front and invaded areas controlled by a third group.
He made repeated demands for extension of the African troops' mission in Darfur, scheduled to end at end of this month, instead of bringing international forces.
Foreign ministers of the European Union (EU) called, in their meeting in Brussels on Friday, Sudanese authorities to accept the deployment of international forces in Darfur, virtue of the said resolution, which Sudan considers interference in its internal affairs.