President Kiir To Meet Bashir Over Outstanding Issues President Salva Kiir is expected to meet his Sudanese counterpart, President Omar Hassan al Bashir over the remaining outstanding issues on Abyei region, border demarcation and oil resources, the Government Spokesperson Dr. Barnaba Marial has announced. 05 October 2011 President Kiir To Meet Bashir Over Outstanding Issues Minister of Information and Broadcasting Dr. Barnaba Marial speaking to the press in Juba [©Gurtong]
By Waakhe Simon Wudu JUBA, 5th October 2011 [Gurtong] - President Salva Kiir is expected to meet his Sudanese counterpart, President Omar Hassan al Bashir over the remaining outstanding issues on Abyei region, border demarcation and oil resources, the Government Spokesperson Dr. Barnaba Marial has announced. Speaking shortly after the council of ministers meeting last Monday, Dr. Marial who is also the Minister of Information and Broadcasting told the press in Juba that, “President Salva Kiir informed had informed the council that sometimes this week he will be visiting Khartoum following a telephone conversation he had with President Bashir,” he disclosed. He added that, “he shall be travelling with a huge ministerial delegation. The two partners (Kiir and Bashir) are expected to discuss the outstanding issues in regards to Abyei region, Border demarcation and oil resources among others.” President Kiir arrived last week in Juba after attending the United Nations General Meeting held in New York for the first time since South Sudan was declared independent. Kiir assured the UN Assembly members that he was ready to maintain peace with Sudan. The two countries have been at loggerheads for decades resulting to over 2.5million estimated deaths in a bloody civil war which ended in 2005 when a six year deal, the Comprehensive Peace Agreement, (CPA) was signed. However, despite marking the end of CPA by South Sudan gaining independence, political analysts have warned of continued instability in the two countries if the outstanding issues are not resolved quickly. Posted in: Home, Foreign Relations Comments RSS comment feed There are currently no comments, be the first to post one. Add Comment Log in to post a comment. If you are not a Gurtong member yet, register here. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "JFD info" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/jfdinfo?hl=en.
