Annan expects Sudan's reply on peacekeepers next 2 days

Secretary-General Kofi Annan said Tuesday he expected Sudan's government to respond within two days on outstanding issues of an agreement signed last week that would allow U.N. peacekeepers into Darfur.

Full story by AP (via Morningstar/Dow Jones) 21 Nov 2006. Excerpt:

Al-Bashir was scheduled to visit Libya Tuesday for a meeting on Darfur hosted by Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi. Delegations are expected from Sudan, Chad and Egypt.

"I suspect they will come up with some definitive answer," Annan said. "I'm quite hopeful."