The United Nations has established a peace mission in Darfur under Resolution 1769, passed on July 31, authorizing a large-scale peacekeeping operation, to be run jointly by the UN and the African Union.
The ministry said the new operation "is designed to assist the Darfur parties in overcoming the long-running armed conflict."
It said a key element of the resolution is "the confirmation of Sudan's sovereignty and territorial integrity, as well as a call to all Darfur sides to honor a ceasefire and abandon violence."
The foreign ministers of the 27 European Union member states approved last Monday sending EU peacekeepers to Chad and the Central African Republic in October, to protect refugees who have fled the violence-torn desert province of Darfur.
The contingent is expected to total between 1,500 and 3,000 servicemen, and a final decision will be made in September.
Inter-ethnic violence and disease have left between 200,000 and 400,000 dead, with 2.5 million being forced to leave since the conflict started in February 2003. The bloodshed began when African farming tribes rebelled against the government, an uprising that was brutally crushed by Arab nomad militias believed to have been backed by the central government in Khartoum.
The militias, known as 'janjaweed,' which the Sudanese government denies supporting, continue to attack civilians, and fight farmers for land ownership.
