---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Eric Reeves <[email protected]> Date: Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 5:55 AM Subject: I found these dispatches from Sudan Vision ominous To: [email protected]
Al Bashir Finally Arrives in Beijing Posted on Tuesday, June 28 @ 00:20:00 UTC by admin Sudan Vision Khartoum - President Omar Al-Bashir safely arrived in China yesterday. Al Bashir had left the Iranian capital Tehran yesterday noon heading for China after he took part in the International Conference on Counter Terrorism which closed yesterday. Al Bashir affirmed, in statements to Chinese news agencies published yesterday in coincidence with the start of the visit, his commitment to peaceful secession of south Sudan. However, he warned at the same time that the secession might fail. Chinese news agency Xinhua quoted Al Bashir as saying that he is “not worried about China’s dual loyalty to North and South Sudan.” “Our policy and the China’s policy is that each country is free to take procedures and establish relations in favor of its interests and relations.” Analysts expect that Al Bashir will exploit his visit to China which is expected to last for four days in assuring Chinese authorities that their investments and shares in Sudanese energy resources will not be affected by separation between the north and south. The Sudanese president commended Sudanese-Chinese relations, painting it as ideal for developing countries. He lauded China’s role as investor in oil projects avoided by Western companies due to sanctions imposed by their respective governments on Khartoum. Al Bashir said, “When the US companies refused to work in the field of oil and restrictions were imposed on the work of Western companies in Sudan, we found in China a real partner.” Emergent circumstances delayed the arrival of the president in China on set date, yesterday evening. Al Bashir was scheduled to hold talks yesterday noon with the Chinese president Hu Jintao, but officials at Chinese foreign Ministry said that talks would be postponed pending agreement on another date. The foreign ministry issued an statement yesterday on delayed arrival of the president in China in which it affirmed that the delay was due to change in the route of the presidential plane over Turkmenistan soil at a time was not possible to cross via the new route hence the pilot was compelled to return to Iran after flying over Turkmenistan skies at 9:30p.m yesterday Sunday according to Iranian local time. Chinese and Sudanese embassies in Tehran had formed a room to follow up on developments until new route was secured. Al-Bashir on the sidelines of the conference met with the Iranian president Ahmedinejad as well as Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The meetings focused on Sudanese –Iranian relations and ways of developing them. Al-Bashir participate in the closing 2nd cultural week opened in Iran last week. First Staff Lieutenant General Bakri Hassan Saleh, Presidential Affairs Minister told Sudan News Agency (SUNA) that Al-Bashir and his accompanying delegation would kick off on Monday June 27 a 3-days formal visit to China at the invitation of his Chinese counterpart Hu Jintao to discuss ways of developing bilateral relations as well as the strategic partnership between the two friendly countries. Haroun: We Wisely Dealt with Irresponsible Acts of SPLM Posted on Tuesday, June 28 @ 00:00:00 UTC by admin Abdallah Abu-Bashar Sudan Vision Kadugli - Mawalana Ahmed Mohamed Haroun, the Governor of South Kordofan said the government is alert to any military developments by Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM) in South Kordofan and will deal with it in such a fashion that will ensure security and stability for the inhabitants of the states. “The sky is cloudy, but it may or may not rain,” he said. He added that the government dealt with irresponsible acts by the SPLM with wisdom and remained as patient as possible considering that SPLM is going through transformation from a military movement into a political party, but patience has limits. “We are tired of being patient with the movement [SPLM] for years.” Haroun stated during his speech at a periodical forum of National Council for Decentralized Rule, which moved to the town of Kadugli headed by Prof. Al Amin Dafaallah, the secretary general of the council, after July 9 if not agreement is reached SPLA troops will be rendered foreign troops getting salaries from original countries “mercenaries” He assured all SPLM members who have not taken up arms against the government and declared their renunciation of recent move by Abdul Aziz Al Hilu. He assured them of their safety and they will not be viewed as rebels or traitors who were involved in recent attacks. He revealed that a proposal by the ruling National Congress Party (NCP) to SPLM for extending transitional period in the state for three years. The partners waived 30 percent constitutional posts in favor of other political forces and parties so they are involved in the governing the state to ensure political and security stability to allow for the implementation of as many development projects as possible; however, SPLM rejected the proposal. Haroun stated that NCP also suggested reconciliatory elections between the partners to settle on one candidate for the post of the governor and specified sharing of constitutional and executive posts Haroun said that they have been aware that final output of election will be a shock for SPLM, adding that what we early expected, took place not long post announcement of results as the movement return back to war square. He ascribed tangible transformation in SPLM political discourse to presence of leftist leaders in the state, adding that leftists managed to isolate Al Hilu from local community the thing led him to adopt hostile stances. -- 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.
