Thabo Mbeki, former president of South Africa and chief mediator of the African Union High-Level Implementation Panel (AUHIP) for Sudan, is expected to arrive in Sudan’s capital Khartoum today, a senior official from the African Union said.
Mahmud Khan, who heads the AU liaison office in Khartoum, told the Sudanese Media Centre (SMC) that the purpose of the visit is to discuss the peace process with top government officials including President Bashir.
He pointed out that the AUHIP envoy will hold a meeting with the Presidential Assistant Ibrahim Mahmoud Hamid and Amin Hassan Omar who is in charge of the Darfur dossier to discuss the peace process in the Two Areas and Darfur.
Khan noted that Mbeki wants to complete the African Union’s efforts to push for the peace process in Sudan.