CAR Gov't To Create Conditions For Voluntary Return Of Refugees Under Peace Accord - Text

KHARTOUM (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 24th February, 2019) The government of the Central African Republic (CAR) takes on the obligation to create the conditions necessary for the return of refugees under the recently signed peace agreement with armed groups, according to the text of the accord seen by Sputnik on Sunday.

On February 5, car President Faustin-Archange Touadera and leaders of 14 armed groups initialed the peace agreement at talks in Khartoum. The following day, the deal was finalized and inked in the CAR capital of Bangui.

"[The CAR government commits to] creating necessary conditions for the voluntary return, reintegration and social rehabilitation of all refugees and displaced persons ... including, through the adoption of the legislation on the protection of lands and other property belonging to vulnerable population, in close cooperation with all humanitarian actors and countries of the region," the text reads.