Statements on the Summit and PSC meeting ADDIS ABABA, 26 January 2013 - The Summit between President Kiir and President El-Bashir held on 25th January 2013 at the AU Premises in Addis Ababa under the auspices of the AU/HIP discussed four main agendas of the outstanding issues between South Sudan and Sudan. These were oil production, formation of Abyei Administration and Council, border demarcation, claimed and disputed areas and the issues of Sudabet Oil Company.
According to the chief negotiator of South Sudan Government Mr. Pagan Amum Okec, President Kiir during the summit presented a clear position of the RSS on the above-mentioned four issues, that South Sudan is ready to start oil production through Sudan. On Abyei issues, he said Abyei administration and council should be formed according to the agreement of 60% and 40%, Abyei Council to be chaired by Sudan and deputized by South Sudan, and Abyei Administration should be chaired by South Sudan and deputized by Sudan. On border issues Mr Amum said all the disputed and claimed areas issues will be handed over to AU experts who will then propose a solution to the two sides. He explained that if the two sides disagreed again, the issues should be taken to the permanent court of arbitration. He also said that South Sudan has endorsed the AU/HIP proposal on final status of Abyei. Mr. Amum said President El-Bashir in the summit presented new conditions to the summit making it difficult for progress in the discussions. He said the new conditions are: 1.Oil production through Sudan will not take place unless the two sides agree to form Abyei Administration with percentage of 50% from either side; 2.RSS must withdraw its forces from Northern Bahr El-Ghazal and Western Bahr-El-Ghazal; 3.South Sudan must disengage with SPLM/A North. On the outcome of the meeting of the Peace and Security Council summit held on 25/1/2013 in Addis Ababa under the chairmanship of President Mwai Kibaki of Kenya, Mr Amumn said H.E Kiir assured the PSC meeting that for the two states to enjoy peace all the agreements signed must be implemented, PSC should endorse the AU/HIP proposal on final status of Abyei and all the claimed and disputed areas should be handed over to experts from the African Union. The PSC meeting came out with resolutions urging the two parties to implement all the agreements they signed. The two sides are given three more months and AU/HIP is requested to render a report to the PSC on the issues between the two sides after the three months. Reported by Thomas Kenneth H.E Kiir meets Russian envoy ADDIS ABABA, 26 January 2013 - President Kiir today at Sheraton Hotel in Addis Ababa met the Russian Special envoy to African Affairs Mr. Mekhail Markilov. The meeting discussed ways of strengthening the bilateral ties between RSS and Russia. Shortly after the meeting Russian Envoy told the media that South Sudan and Russia have excellent level of political and mutual understanding and the two sides are moving forward to improve bilateral relationship in economic fields. He further disclosed that one Russian company has started building an oil refinery in South Sudan. Reported by Thomas Kenneth SSTV set to migrate from analogue to digital broadcasting SHENZHEN, 26 January 2013 (NASS) - The project to transform South Sudan TV (SSTV) from analogue to digital broadcasting is set to kickoff this year as the financial arrangements between the two governments of South Sudan and China is completed. Senior Vice President of the Chinese Telecommunication Company (ZTE Corporation) Wang JiaRan affirmed this yesterday to the leadership of the Ministry of Information which currently on an official tour to the facilities of ZTE Company in Shenzhen. The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting last December signed an agreement with ZTE to assist South Sudan TV to migrate to digital system to comply with the requirement as set by the rest of the world in 2015. According to the December agreement, phase one of the project is worth 51 million US dollars to support equipment and infrastructural aspects of the project. The minister for Information and Broadcasting, Dr Barnaba Marial Benjamin earlier said this 51 million US dollar project of digitalization will be funded by the government of the Peoples Republic of China. He confirmed yesterday that financial arrangements between the two governments is progressing very well urging the company to speed up the process. ZTE Corporation (formerly Zhongxing Telecommunication Equipment Corporation) is a Chinese multinational telecommunications equipment and systems company headquartered in Shenzhen, China. It is the world's fourth-largest mobile phone manufacturer after Samsung, Apple and Nokia measured by 2012 unit sales and the world's fifth-largest telecoms equipment maker measured by 2011 revenues (after Ericsson, Huawei, Alcatel-Lucent, Nokia, Siemens Networks). ZTE's core products are wireless, exchange, access, optical transmission and data telecommunications gear; mobile phones; and telecommunications software. It also offers products that provide value-added services, such as video on demand and streaming media. ZTE primarily sells products under its own name but it is also an OEM, manufacturing some products which retail under other brand names. ZTE Corporation is present in over 179 countries in the world with 53 branches in Africa. Reported by Martin Jada Gabriel, News Agency of South Sudan (NASS) -- 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 https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
