New York - The year-long crisis in Darfur was discussed Saturday by the foreign ministers of Egypt and Syria in their speeches at the annual UN General Assembly.

Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Gheit called for an international conference to draft a roadmap for the way to unity and stability in Sudan.

Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Al-Moualem demanded that the UN Security Council counteract an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir that has been requested by the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court.

The prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo asked the ICC at The Hague in July to issue a warrant to arrest al-Bashir for the killing of Darfurians.

More than 300,000 people including many civilians have died in the conflict since 2003, which has pitted local rebel groups against militia backed by Khartoum. Millions have been displaced internally and across the board into Chad.

Al-Moualem called for peace talks between Khartoum and the Arabic rebel groups in Darfur to take place under an Arabic-African umbrella gathering.

"Syria supports all efforts to secure the unity and territorial integrity of Sudan," he said.

Gheit said that the attempted interventions in Sudanese politics have given the impression that forces are at work to partition Sudan.

"Stability in Sudan means a stop to outside intervention but support for the internal developments," the Egyptian minister said. (dpa)