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UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The U.N. and African Union envoys trying to promote a political solution to the four-year conflict in Darfur are inviting key regional and international parties to a mid-July meeting to discuss ways to get new peace talks started.
U.N. deputy spokeswoman Marie Okabe said Thursday the July 15-16 meeting would be in Libya's capital, Tripoli. Invitations have been sent to Sudan, Chad, Egypt, Eritrea, the Arab League, the U.S. and U.N. Security Council's other four permanent members, and key donors, she said.
While much attention has been focused on deploying a 23,000-strong AU-U.N. peacekeeping force to Darfur to replace 7,000 beleaguered African Union troops now on the ground, both organizations have also stressed getting the groups fighting in Darfur to the peace table.
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