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The meeting was chaired by Lt-Gen Lazarus Sumbeiywo, the special envoy of the IGAD peace process in Sudan with assistance of the IGAD sub-committee's envoys, namely His Excellency Muhammad Umaro of Eritrea, HE Murad Musa of Ethiopia, HE Francis Butagaria of Uganda, observers from Italy, the United Kingdom, Norway and the United States of America.

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