Libya to host summit on Sudan-Chad tension: Khartoum
KHARTOUM (AFP) — Libya is to host a five-way summit on Sunday with the leaders of Sudan, Chad, Egypt and Eritrea to discuss tensions between Khartoum and N'Djamena, a senior Sudanese foreign ministry official said.
Sudanese President Omar al-Beshir will head to Libya on Sunday to join Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi, Chadian President Idriss Deby Itno, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and Eritrean President Assaias Afeworki, said Sammani al-Wassila, secretary of state at the ministry.
An Egyptian presidential source confirmed to AFP that Mubarak was to attend the summit, while sources in Libya said preparations were being made for the gathering.
"The summit will examine state relations between Sudan and Chad after the repeated aggressions by (Chad) against different zones in (the western Sudanese region of) Darfur," Wassila told the official SUNA news agency.
The threat of open conflict between Sudan and neighbouring Chad is rising, with each side accusing the other of seeking to destabilise their already tense common border by supporting each other's rebel movements.
The Chadian air force has carried out bombing raids in Darfur, saying it was targeting positions of Chadian rebels opposed to Deby Itno, who has been in power since 1990.
Khartoum has denounced the bombing raids, claiming civilians have been killed in the attacks.
