The First Vice-President of the Republic and National Prime Minister, Lt. Gen. Bakri Hassan Salih, has announced the end of the initial stage of the illegal weapons' collection campaign and the start of the phase of forced weapons collection.

The First Vice-President of the Republic and National Prime Minister said at a news conference he held at the Council of Ministers Tuesday that the weapons collection has contributed to the achievement of stability in Darfur.

He stressed that Darfur region has recovered and that the rate of tribal disputes has declined, referring to recent visit of President of the Republic to South Darfur and to Kalma Camp from which Darfur incidents have broken out.

The First Vice - President has referred to the full response from all the components in Darfur to the collection of illegal weapons' campaign.