Kenya is keen to see Sudan attain and maintain lasting peace, Vice President Kalonzo Musyoka has said.
Mr Kalonzo said peace in Sudan would bring stability in the rest of the region and urged Sudanese leaders to do everything within their power to restore peace in Darfur and South Sudan.
"It is in the interest of the region that the Sudanese people live in harmony with each other because that will enable Sudan and the region to move rapidly on the path of development and social transformation," Kalonzo said when he met President Omar Hassan EL Bashir of Sudan at the presidential palace in Khartoum.
President Bashir said he was committed to work for peace in Sudan and especially in Darfur.
"We will not allow our country to go back to war. We will do everything to ensure peace is upheld across our country," he said. While delivering his inauguration speech a day earlier, the Sudanese leader said he would respect the outcome of the upcoming referendum on self-determination in Southern Sudan.
Kalonzo hailed President Bashir for pledging to work for peace saying the people of Africa’s largest country deserved to move on and reap the benefits of a peaceful country.
Speaking at the inauguration of General Salva Kir Mayardit as the first democratically elected president of Southern Sudan, Kalonzo told the leadership of the south to work for peace despite the challenges in the implementation of the Collective Peace Agreement. Mayardit is also the first Vice President in the Government of National Unity.
Later Kalonzo met Kenyan’s living and working in Sudan and encouraged them to work hard and support their families at home.
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