国际英语资讯:Sudanese govt plan to collect weapons from civilians in Darfur gains initial results_时事

国际英语资讯:Sudanese govt plan to collect weapons from civilians in Darfur gains initial results

Despite some difficulties in executing the arms collection plan in Darfur, Faki reiterated the government's determination to achieve the plan's goal of making Darfur free of arms.

"We expect some to intend to hide their weapons or sell them to parties outside Sudan by taking advantage of the joint border between Darfur and some neighboring countries, but in the end the plan will achieve the main objective which is the disappearance of armed manifestations in Darfur," the governor said.

Meanwhile, most of the Sudanese forces are participating in the arms collection campaign in Darfur.

"We are contributing to the arms collection campaign in all Darfur states," Major General Essam-Eddin Saleh Fidail, second commander of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), an affiliate to the Sudanese army, told reporters at Um Al-Qura area in South Darfur State Saturday.

"There is a strong response from the citizens to this campaign. Our forces have so far collected around 700 Kalashnikov rifles, 300 GM-3 rifles, 2 cannons and a large number of light weapons," he said.

Hamid Abdalla Hammad, deputy chairman of the ruling National Congress Party (NCP) in South Darfur State, told Xinhua that the reasons behind the citizens' positive response is because the residents there have become reassured that there is stability and the rebellion has declined.

Salah Abbaker, a resident from South Darfur State, told Xinhua that he supports the arms collection campaign, as the spread of arms was one of the reasons of Darfur conflict.