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Sudan

Asked what the Prime Minister would be saying on Darfur this afternoon, the PMOS said that the base would be what the Prime Minister said in Berlin which was his very firm view was that President Bashir was playing the international community.  President Bashir appeared to agree to what the international community has said should happen and then when attention moves elsewhere he goes back on what he has said.  That is what has happened and the Prime Minister believes that this is precisely the time when the pressure should be maintained and that if necessary the Prime Minister’s personal view is that should include a no fly zone.  But what the Prime Minister is conscious of s that it needs international agreement to move forward.  The Prime Minister is of the firm view, which is echoed by others, that President Bashir is not complying with what he had previously agreed. 

Asked if there were any indications of how to get the Chinese on board and the Security Council, the PMOS said that the Security Council was obviously where the situation moved to next, but it would be better to wait for the Prime Minister’s words and then let the UN deliberate. 

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