IRIB: "Beshir denies genocide in Darfur"

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Sudanese President said that there was no humanitarian disaster in Darfur and that fewer than 9,000 people had been killed there.

Omar al-Beshir rejected any talk of a genocide in the western Sudanese region.

"The figure of 200,000 dead is false and the number of dead is not even 9,000," Beshir said in a video media conference late Monday.

"All the figures have been falsified and the child mortality rate in Darfur does not exceed that in Khartoum," Beshir also said, indicating west's giving false statistics to justify a military intervention.

"Any talk of a deterioration of the situation in Darfur is false," said Beshir, saying that only five out of 23 major towns in Darfur were currently facing security problems.

The Sudanese President has consistently warned that the west is seeking to invade the country and plunder its resources.

During the press conference, Beshir added that the unrest in Darfur was the result of tribal clashes prompted by drought and had been politically exploited by foreign countries.

Beshir also reiterated his stance supporting the continued presence of AU monitors in Darfur and denied his country's acceptance of a proposal for a hybrid force comprising troops from both the AU and the UN.

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