The African Union (AU) on Wednesday welcome the release of the four South African Police Advisers who were kidnapped on 11 April 2010 in Darfur, Sudan.
In a statement released to media, Jean Ping, the chairperson of the AU Commission, expressed his gratitude to the Government of Sudan and to the United Nations-African Union Mission in Darfur( UNAMID) for their relentless efforts which have resulted in the safe release of the kidnapped peacekeepers.
He appeals, once again, to all the Sudanese people to facilitate the work of UNAMID by cooperating with it in its endeavor to contribute towards finding a peaceful solution to the Darfur crisis. He further reminds the perpetrator that kidnapping peacekeepers will not discourage them from discharging their duties of protecting defenseless civilians in the war-torn Darfur but rather than prolong the suffering of their own people, the statement said.
Ping also pays tribute to the recent agreement between the government of the Sudan and UNAMID in which the two parties pledged to work together to improve on the security environment in Darfur and to encourage them to fully implement them, the statement said.
