South Sudan shrugs off border shutdown threat from Sudan JUBA (20 Sep.) Tweet <https://twitter.com/share>
South Sudan has downplayed threats by the Sudanese government to close the border between the two countries, a top government official in Juba told Radio Tamazuj.Speaking to Radio Tamazuj on Monday, spokesperson for President Salva Kiir Ateny Wek Ateny said South Sudan is not hosting any Sudanese rebel groups, and said there are some armed groups that have entered the country without the knowledge of the government. On Sunday, Khartoum threatened to close its border with South Sudan, accusing the Juba government of supporting separatist groups in the two regions. Ateny added that Khartoum has not even opened its border with South Sudan. Earlier this month, the UN envoy to Sudan and South Sudan said that relations between the two countries were at their "lowest ebb," -- To post to this group, send email to southsudankob@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to southsudankob+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/d/forum/southsudankob View this message at https://groups.google.com/d/msg/southsudankob/topic-id/message-id For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "South Sudan Info - The Kob" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to southsudankob+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to SouthSudanKob@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/SouthSudanKob. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/SouthSudanKob/CAJb14oq6D1WkY9ekunaeahSS9k7Qdy%2BHE1QQQNG%3DQx5H4oTjTw%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
