Tripoli - Sudan and Chad are to exchange ambassadors in two weeks, a committee assigned to restore peace between the countries announced Thursday.

The committee, which comprises representatives from Libya, Sudan and Chad, said in a statement that both countries are now committed to promote confidence and trust.

At the meeting in Tripoli, the committee also recommended accelerating the work of observation teams on the border between the two countries.

Last March, Chadian President Idriss Deby and Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir signed a non-aggression agreement that was aimed at halting cross-border hostilities between their two countries.

But Sudan cut off ties with its neighbour and threatened retaliation last May, accusing Chad of helping to train the rebels who attacked a suburb in Khartoum. Chad, in turn, accused Sudan of backing rebels who crossed the border in February in a failed attempt to overthrow Deby's regime.

The committee's next meeting will be held in Tripoli on November 19-20 to review the implementation of this agreement and the Syrt agreement on peace in Darfur.

The two-day meeting was attended by Libyan Secretary of African Affairs Abdel Salam Treki, Sudanese presidential advisor Moustapha Othman Ismaeel and Chadian Foreign Minister Musa Feki.

This committee was formed in August following the approval of al- Bashir and Deby and on the initiative of Libyan leader Moamer Gaddafi. (dpa)