日韩精品久久一区二区三区_亚洲色图p_亚洲综合在线最大成人_国产中出在线观看_日韩免费_亚洲综合在线一区

  Home>News Center>World
         
 

US to send experts to Garang crash site
(Reuters)
Updated: 2005-08-08 09:02

The United States is sending experts to help investigate the helicopter crash that killed Sudan's First Vice President and former rebel leader John Garang, U.S. officials said on Sunday, reported Reuters.

Roger Winter, the U.S. deputy secretary of state's special envoy for Sudan, also said he was optimistic Garang's death would not derail the implementation of a peace deal he signed in January to end Africa's longest civil war.

Winter attended Garang's funeral in the southern town of Juba on Saturday with Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Constance Newman.

Garang's death in a helicopter crash last weekend, just three weeks after becoming first vice president, shocked the nation and sparked riots in which 130 people were killed.

Newman said the United States had been requested to help with the investigation into the July 30 crash.

"The U.S. has agreed and in Nairobi already are five experts from the National Transportation Safety Board -- the best that we have -- ready to move to the site to carry out the investigation," she said.

The experts will feed information to a joint investigation commission to be formed this week by the government in Khartoum and Garangs's former rebel Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM), she said.

The Ugandan presidential helicopter Garang was traveling in went down in bad weather in mountainous terrain and his supporters have said they do not suspect foul play.

But Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni said on Friday the cause of the crash was unclear and he could not rule out the possibility it was not an accident.

ARCHITECT OF PEACE DEAL

The 21-year civil war broadly pitted the Islamist Khartoum-based government against the mostly Christian, animist south, complicated by issues of ethnicity, oil and ideology. It claimed 2 million lives, mostly through famine and disease.

Garang was the architect of the January peace agreement, which set up a power-sharing government and allowed southerners to vote on independence in six years, and his death raised fears it may collapse.

But Winter told reporters in Khartoum: "The deal is done ... If this had happened a few months ago with an undone deal, it would have been a potentially much riskier circumstance."

He added the SPLM was strong and that new leader Salva Kiir, Garang's deputy and military chief, enjoyed a broad following within the group.

"He (Kiir) has a reputation for being collegial in the way he does business ... we all know that wasn't always Dr John's trait," Winter said.

Winter said he was not worried by Kiir's separatist tendencies, while Garang was vocal in his support for unity, because Kiir represented the majority view in the south.

"Something like 96 percent of the people of the south don't support unity," he said. "I'm not sure the hill is any higher -- it was high in the first place because the stats show that Dr John was almost alone with his (support for) unity," he said.

Newman and Winter said U.S. attention also remained focused on a separate conflict in the western region of Darfur, which has killed tens of thousands over the past 2-1/2 years.

The United States has called the Darfur violence genocide, a charge the government denies.



Japanese PM launches general election campaign
Katrina slams US Gulf Coast, oil rigs adrift
Japan's 6 parties square off in TV debate
 
  Today's Top News     Top World News
 

President Hu Jintao: Gender equality crucial

 

   
 

Special grants offered to poor students

 

   
 

EU takes steps to unblock China textiles

 

   
 

Farmers sue county for illegal land use

 

   
 

Search for 123 trapped miners suspended

 

   
 

Hurricane Katrina rocks New Orleans

 

   
  Bush promises post-storm help for victims
   
  Sharon: Not all settlements in final deal
   
  Hurricane Katrina rocks New Orleans
   
  Sri Lanka PM focuses on ending civil war
   
  Musharraf warns Pakistan Islamic schools
   
  Katrina may cost insurers $25 bln
   
 
  Go to Another Section  
 
 
  Story Tools  
   
  Related Stories  
   
Ugandan minister flies into crash site to investigate Garang's death
   
Garang's body flown around southern Sudan for mourning
   
UN officials: Garang killed in copter crash
   
Sudan VP's plane said to disappear
   
Former rebel leader sworn in as Sudanese VP
   
South Sudan leader on historic visit to capital
  News Talk  
  Are the Republicans exploiting the memory of 9/11?  
Advertisement
         
主站蜘蛛池模板: 五月婷婷久久草丁香 | 亚洲精品一区专区 | 北岛玲亚洲一区在线观看 | 在线精品小视频 | 免费在线日韩 | 美乃雀中文字幕在线一区 | 狠狠色狠狠色综合久久第一次 | 国产精品污污视频 | 九九九九精品视频在线播放 | 亚洲欧美韩国日产综合在线 | 久久精品在线 | 久久涩综合 | 国产精品久久久久久无遮挡 | 无码人妻精品1国产婷婷 | 亚洲综合在线网 | 特黄特色大片免费视频观看 | 久久精品一区二区三区四区 | 免费国产一区二区在免费观看 | 国产目拍亚洲精品区一区 | 日韩中文字幕视频在线 | 波多野结衣一区二区三区在线观看 | 性色视频在线 | 能直接看av的网站 | 国产精品伊人 | 亚洲日本天堂在线 | 91精品久久久久久久久网影视 | 91精品国产综合久久福利 | 日本国产最新一区二区三区 | 久久久a | 国产亚洲精品看片在线观看 | 一区二区三区四区免费看 | 久久在线| 欧美成人福利 | 97在线碰碰观看免费高清 | 免费中文字幕 | 亚洲欧美日韩在线一区二区三区 | 一区视频| 天天夜夜操 | 永久免费av | 激情网五月 | 天天成人综合网 |