This is not a funny Khartoum
Chad and Sudan in Tripoli pact to end tension
Wed 8 Feb 2006 5:16 PM ET
(Updates with more quotes, comments by presidents, background)
TRIPOLI, Feb 8 (Reuters) - The leaders of Chad and Sudan agreed on Wednesday to end to a crisis between their two countries, which have accused each other of backing insurgents, a Libyan official said.
The Tripoli Agreement between Presidents Idriss Deby of Chad and Omar Hassan al-Bashir of Sudan was reached at the end of mini-summit hosted by Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.
"The two countries Chad and Sudan agreed to end media campaigns against one another and to stop using their territories to back harmful activity against one another," said a senior Libyan official who had seen the text of the accord.
Khartoum and N'Djamena pledged to work towards restoring diplomatic and consular ties, according to the official.
"The two countries also agreed to ban anti-government insurgents from setting up bases in each country and stop interfering in one another's internal affairs," he added.
Chad has accused Sudan of supporting insurgents sworn to oust Deby and who attacked the Chadian border town of Adre in December. Chad declared a "state of belligerence" with its eastern neighbour.