NNA - Sudan's warring sides have agreed to meet in United Nations-mediated talks on enabling desperately needed aid delivery in their conflict-torn country, the UN aid chief said on Wednesday.

Martin Griffiths told reporters in Geneva that he had been in contact with the heads of the two factions in Sudan's 10-month-long civil war about convening "empowered representatives of the two militaries" to discuss aid access.

He said he wanted "to get them to follow up the commitments of the so-called Jeddah Declaration", which the two sides signed last May, agreeing to spare civilians and civilian infrastructure and to let in badly needed aid.

Griffiths warned the lack of access remained "very, very considerable".

"I had positive responses from both sides," he said, adding that he was "still waiting for a confirmation on when and where", but that Switzerland had been suggested as a venue. -- AFP

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