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U.S. Daily Press Briefing

U.S. Daily Press Briefing

INDEX:

SUDAN
A/S Frazer in Khartoum
Meetings with Sudanese Officials / Comprehensive Peace Agreement / Darfur


TRANSCRIPT:

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10:56 a.m. EST

MR. WOOD: Good morning, everyone. I don’t have anything for you, so why don’t we go right to your questions.

Yeah.

QUESTION: Jendayi Frazer is at – apparently in Khartoum today? What is she doing there?

MR. WOOD: That’s correct. She is in Khartoum. She’s meeting with Sudanese Government officials, talking about the Comprehensive Peace Agreement as well as Darfur.

QUESTION: Why?

MR. WOOD: Why? Because they’re important issues and we want to see the situation improve on the ground.

QUESTION: And is there, you know, some hope or there are some discussions right now or –

MR. WOOD: Well, she’s going to have discussions with officials –

QUESTION: Was there something scheduled or –

MR. WOOD: This was an update in the schedule. I just found out about it this morning that that’s where she is, so once we get a little bit more detail, we’ll be happy to provide that.

QUESTION: Okay.

QUESTION: Thank you.

MR. WOOD: You’re welcome.

(The briefing was concluded at 11:05 a.m.)

ENDS

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