Monday 8 October 2012

Open boaredrs signe for peace !

Bashir ordered the reopening of the border with South Sudan 10-08-2012 02:27 AM KHARTOUM (AFP) - President Omar al-Bashir on Sunday to reopen the land and river borders with South Sudan, as official radio reported, in a move track Addis Ababa agreements signed by the two parties in recent weeks. She Omdurman radio-governmental organizations in an urgent news bulletin aired on serviced news for SMS that "Bashir ordered open land border ports and river with South Sudan," pointing out that the decision taken by the President after meeting with Sudan's ambassador new in southern Sudan, which is preparing to take over his duties in Juba. For its part, reported the official news agency SUNA said Assistant Sudanese President Jalal Yousif Degair received Sunday Ambassador of South Sudan in Khartoum Mian Dutt and assured him "keen Sudan and desire sincere in establishing strong relations with the State of South verification interests of both peoples in all fields." She Sauna Vice President assured the ambassador that the summit in Addis Ababa, which was held between Bashir and his South Sudan, Salva Kiir, "and signed the cooperation agreement comprehensive, addressing crucial issues has enhanced the opportunities for cooperation in the future," stressing "Sudan's willingness to provide all assistance and consolidate their resources and expertise to build a state of the south. " The agency quoted Ambassador Juba as saying after the meeting that the research dealt with "arrangements implementation of the Comprehensive Cooperation Agreement by the parties next to the outstanding issues of the border and Abyei," the disputed border area between the two parties. The ambassador southern according Sauna for "visit to the Minister of Defence State of the South and Security Committee of Khartoum next Wednesday to consult on the implementation arrangements of the Convention", adding that "the oil minister Southern has held meetings with the oil companies operating in the south in preparation for the resumption of oil pumping as soon leave the Convention by Parliament and the Council of Ministers of the Government of the South. " The ambassador added that "the resumption of river transport between the two countries linked to the agreement on trade and border issues between the two sides," stressing the "Juba keen on implementation of the Comprehensive Cooperation Agreement between the two countries and the further development of relations between the two sides." The announcement comes about reopening the border after signing Bashir and Salva Kiir in the September 27 protocol of cooperation and security agreement at the end of arduous negotiations lasted four days in Addis Ababa, allowing ease tensions between the two countries after battles between their forces on the border. But Khartoum and Juba have yet to agree on sensitive issues concerning the status of the disputed region of Abyei and the demarcation of their common border, which is outstanding issues since the independence of South Sudan in July 2011 and almost controversy around that could develop into a war between the two countries in the spring. In March / April last two battles along the border between the two countries, raising fears of worsening and development to full-scale war between the two parties. As a result, the UN Security Council issued in May Resolution No. 2046, which ordered an immediate halt to Adaúaat and solve disputed issues negotiations brokered by the African Union. In September last Juba, Sudan accused the closure of the border. The spokesman said at the time the Government of Southern Sudan Barnabas Benjamin that "Khartoum suddenly shut our borders through which we receive most of the manufactured goods."

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