SPLM And NCP Renews Security Terms In Addis Ababa The high level implementation panel of the two CPA partners; National Congress Party and the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement under the auspices of the African Union, signed a joint position paper on border security on 30th May 2011 at Addis Ababa. 01 June 2011 SPLM And NCP Renews Security Terms In Addis Ababa [R-L : waving] SPLM’s President Salva Kiir and NCP’s Omar al Bashir [©Gurtong]
By James Dimo and Waakhe Wudu WAU, 1st June, 2011 [Gurtong] - The high level implementation panel of the two CPA partners; National Congress Party and the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement under the auspices of the African Union, signed a joint position paper on border security on 30th May 2011 at Addis Ababa. The signed paper details on the establishment of the joint political and security mechanism headed by two Ministers of Defense and including the Chiefs for staff of the Sudan armed Forces (SAF) and the Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA), the heads of intelligence, police and other senior officials for north and south Sudan guarantying that the parties had maintained stable and secure relations. In the dramatic statement release by the AU, the agreement also establishes a common Border Zone between North and South Sudan, which is to be demilitarized and jointly monitored and patrolled. The paper adds that further negotiations on key security issues between the two peace partner’s parties will be convened by the AU within the week. The joint position paper was on behalf of NCP singed by Mahmoud Suleiman and Lt. Gen Salva Mathok from the SPLM and witnessed by the African Union. The agreement paves the way for further negotiations on key security issues between the two parties to be convened by the AU panel within the week. This cooperation came shortly following insecurity breach in the oil rich Abyei in March. The two counter parts signed similar commitments to address insecurity threats in the country. The March agreement on security signed in Juba, were efforts geared to address insecurity threats that broke out in the greater Upper Nile region between the SPLA and rebels alleged to have been supported by Khartoum. Posted in: Home, Foreign Relations, Governance -- 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.
