US Envoy is in a mission to Sudan & South Sudan to settle outstanding issues Saturday, 15 October 2011 15:52 South Sudan >>> .The US envoy Princeton Lyman left Friday for a mission to Sudan and South Sudan aimed at settling problems lingering since the civil war that ended in 2005 and led to the partition of north and south.
During his visit to Khartoum and Juba, Lyman will urge both sides to continue negotiations on oil revenues, border trade and security as well as on the disputed Abyei border region, the State Department said in a statement. Sharing oil revenues is a major bone of contention between the new nation of South Sudan -- which has been independent since July 9 and which has most of the oil -- and Sudan, which controls the pipeline to Port Sudan on the Red Sea. During his visit to Khartoum, Lyman also intends to discuss the United Nations-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID), days after an ambush left three UNAMID peacekeepers dead. He will then travel to the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa for talks with Ethiopian and African Union officials about the oustanding inter-Sudanese issues and the UNAMID force, the State Department said. Last Updated ( Sunday, 16 October 2011 07:26 ) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "South Sudan Info - The Kob" 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/SouthSudanKob?hl=en.
