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The UN Security Council on Friday called on Mali’s warring parties “to engage in good faith and in the spirit of compromise” towards a comprehensive and inclusive peace deal as they are set to resume peace talks in Algeria.
The peace talks between the Malian government and rebels is set to resume in the Algerian capital of Algiers with an aim to ” achieve a comprehensive and inclusive peace agreement to end the crisis in Mali,” said the 15-nation council in a statement issued here Friday.
“The members of the Security Council called on the Malian parties to fully comply with their commitments in the roadmap signed on 24 July 2014, and to engage in good faith and in the spirit of compromise in the comprehensive peace talks in Algiers when they resume,” said the statement.
The council members commended Algeria for facilitating the peace negotiations, at the request of the Malian authorities, in the organization of formal peace talks and in convening the government of Mali and the signatory and adherent armed groups of the Ouagadougou Agreement, the statement said.
The peace talks between the Malian government and armed rebels began in September in Algiers, the second round of negotiations since July aimed at clinching a lasting peace agreement.
UN under-secretary-general for peacekeeping operations, Herve Ladsous, is currently in Algiers for the peace talks on Mali, UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric told reporters here Friday.
“He will encourage the parties to negotiate in a spirit of compromise so they can reach a comprehensive peace agreement,” Dujarric said at a daily news briefing here. “Such agreement is the cornerstone of peace, stability and security in Mali.”
Since a military coup struck Mali in March 2012, its northern region has served as a stronghold of the rebels.
