Machar to hold talks in Khartoum on cooperation deals
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June 29, 2013 (KHARTOUM) - South Sudanese vice-president Riek Machar
is expected Sunday in Khartoum where he will hold talks with his
Sudanese counterpart on the implementation of cooperation agreements
signed by the two countries since September 2012.
The visit comes after a decision earlier this month by the Sudanese
president Omer Al-Bashir to shut down oil pipelines preventing the
flow of South Sudanese oil crude, which is the main source of income
for the new nation.
Khartoum, which accuses Juba of continuing to provide support and
harbour to rebel groups fighting the government in Blue Nile, Darfur
and South Kordfan, however gave Juba a delay of 60 days to fix the
dispute
Abu Bakr Al-Siddiq, speaker of Sudanese foreign affairs ministry, told
the official news agency SUNA that the visiting delegation during two
days will hold talks with government officials including first
vice-president Ali Osman Taha.
The Sudanese delegation, he added, includes ministers of oil, water
resources, humanitarian affairs, interior deputy minister, cabinet
affairs deputy ministers and members of negotiating team who
participated in the elaboration of 27 September cooperation deals.
Sudanese officials say they want the full implementation of the
accords all together, alleging that South Sudan wants to use oil money
to fund the rebels and topple down the regime. They also accuse some
circles in Juba of working to undermine the Cooperation Agreement.
Observers point out the persisting mistrust between the two sides,
saying that the unresolved issues of Abyei referendum and border
disputed areas impact negatively on the implementation matrix deal
signed last March.
The decision to suspend the implementation matrix includes also
deployment of monitoring teams on the border within the buffer zone,
cross border trade, and free movement of nationals from both sides.
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