Paris, June 24, SPA -- US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrived in Paris on Sunday for an international conference on the crisis in Sudan's Darfur region. Also participating in the talks are UN General Secretary Ban Ki Moon, representatives from China, Russia, Japan and Germany. The Sudanese government had rejected an invitation, according to a report of Deutsche Presse-Agentur (DPA). The United States expressed skepticism over whether concrete process could be expected, with US State Department spokesman Sean McCormack saying the conference was an opportunity for the international community to demonstrate its sincerity on the issue.--SPA www.spa.gov.sa/461769