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Sunday, 03 May 2009 16:46 |
A French and a Canadian aid workers released by armed kidnappers in the restive western Sudanese region of Darfur left Khartoum Thursday for their countries. The steps taken by the Sudanese government following the abduction were critical to ensure the safety of the hostages and their release,
Sudanese Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Ali Kerti told reporters after seeing the two Western hostages off at the Khartoum International Airport.
"The government had been administrating the negotiation process with wisdom, has refrain from using any military means to ensure the safety of the hostages," the official said.
"We had conducted contacts with local officials and tribal leaders, therefore, the negotiations took longer," Ali Kerti added.
The minister said he hoped the release of the hostages would "open the doors for reviewing the relations between Sudan and France," adding that the Sudanese government through resolving the hostage issue had shown its desire to cooperate with France "in spite of flaws in France's attitudes toward Sudan."
The kidnappers had claimed that they decided to release the twoaid workers for humanitarian reasons.
The Canadian and French aid workers were kidnapped at the headquarters of a French humanitarian organization near Nyala, capital of South Darfur State, on April 4.
The kidnappers who called themselves as the "Freedom Falcons of Africans," had demanded the French government to open a re-trial of the members of the French Arch de Zue organization who were involved in the kidnapping of children from Chad and Sudan last year. (Xinhua)
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