KHARTOUM, FEB 18, SPA -- SUDANESE PRESIDENT OMAR HASSAN AL-BASHEER HAS REITERATED THE KEENNESS OF SUDAN ON STABILITY IN CHAD AND NORMALIZATION OF SUDANESE-CHADIAN RELATIONS. AL-BASHEER, WHO WAS SPEAKING AT HIS MEETING WITH THE UN'S ENVOY IYAN ELYASON AND ENVOY OF THE AFRICAN UNION SALIM AHMAD SALIM, NOTED THAT STABILITY IN CHAD AND NORMALIZATION OF SUDANESE-CHADIAN RELATIONS WILL HAVE A POSITIVE IMPACT ON THE SITUATION IN DARFUR PROVINCE. MEANWHILE, AL-BASHEER ANNOUNCED THE SUPPORT OF THE SUDANESE GOVERNMENT TO CONDUCTING DIALOGUE WITH CARRIERS OF WEAPONS IN DARFUR WHO HAVE NOT YET SIGNED ABUJA AGREEMENT.--SPA www.spa.gov.sa/426352