The Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) Monday said they agreed with the AU chief mediator Thabo Mbeki to postpone peace talks to next July.

In a press statement on Tuesday, Mubarak Ardol, the SPLM-N spokesperson for peace negotiations, said SPLM-N leader Malik Agar, secretary general Yassir Arman and deputy chief of general staff Izat Kuku, held talks with the AU chief mediator in Addis Ababa where they discussed the ongoing conflict in Sudan.

Ardol pointed out that the team met with Thabo Mbeki with the participation of the UN special envoy for Sudan and South Sudan, IGAD envoy and African Union representative in Sudan.

He pointed out that the SPLM-N delegation expressed its readiness to end the war in Sudan during the meeting.