There is an initiative passed in the German Parliament, calling for the German government to intervene, to promote a negotiated solution. A group of U.S. elected officials, who conducted a fact-finding tour of Sudan last September, has endorsed the initiative, and urged the United States to promote peace. I hope that more initiatives will be made which will create a new momentum for peace in the Sudan. We are aware of the regional and international influences on the problem of southern Sudan. Hitherto, these influences have been negative.
Any positive influence provides a bonus for the peace process.
We know that we can not appeal to the wisdom of the promoters of this aggression, because their ultimate goal is to redraw the African borders, as I mentioned earlier, and the best way to achieve this is through such aggression. However, we are confident that we have the ability to push back the aggressors and turn their apparent success into failure and a political liability, something which we have already started to achieve.