He was speaking after talks in Khartoum in his capacity as the African Union’s chief mediator .

Thabo Mbeki saw Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir following last week’s signing of an agreement between the African Union and an alliance of anti-regime rebels from Darfur, South Kordofan and Blue Nile states.

The group known as the Sudanese Revolutionary Front have committed themselves to peaceful resolution of Sudan’s conflicts and to a broad-based national political dialogue.

Mbeki says Bashir is serious about making the dialogue a success.

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