AU official to arrive in Sudan for talks on Abyei
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May 5, 2011 (KHARTOUM) - The Chairperson of the African Union
Commission (AUC), Jean Ping, is expected to arrive in Sudan on Monday
to hold talks with northern and southern officials concerning the
ongoing situation in the country’s flashpoint region of Abyei.
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AUC chairperson Jean Ping (Pan-African News Wire File Photos’ photostream)
Tension between north and south Sudan flared up last month after the
northern army wrestled control of the hotly-contested region of Abyei
in retaliation of an attack on one of its convoys by Southern forces
near the area, sparking concerns of a return to civil war between the
two sides.
A press release issued by African Union on Sunday said that Ping
arrive in Sudan to hold talks with officials in Khartoum and Juba
respectively in order to encourage them to “spare no effort in order
to overcome the current difficulties in Abyei through dialogue.”
The release said that the visit would also aim to encourage the
successful conclusion of north-south negotiations on the outstanding
aspects of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA), which ended
north-south civil wars in 2005, as well as on arrangements to
bifurcate the country ahead of South Sudan secession in July.
According to the AU, Ping will also travel to El Fashir in the
country’s war-battered region of Darfur to meet with the senior
leadership of African Union –United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID)
and attend the opening ceremony of the 8th Session of Committee of
Intelligence and Security Services of Africa (CISA) in Khartoum, on 6
June 2011.
The AU release also pointed out that Ping met on Saturday in his
office at the AUC Headquarters in Addis Ababa with representatives of
the CPA troika, composed of Special Envoys Princeton Lyman (United
States), Michael Ryder (United Kingdom) and Tom Vraalsen (Norway) on
the situation in Abyei.
The AUC chairperson told the Torika representatives that he would
discuss with the leadership in Khartoum and Juba ways to de-escalate
tension in Abyei Area.
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