Sudan to brief international community over Juba’s support to rebel groups
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June 6, 2013 (KHARTOUM) - Sudan’s cabinet decided on Thursday to carry
out a "broader diplomatic campaign" to brief the international
community about the support that the neighbouring South Sudan provides
to Sudanese rebel groups.
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Sudan’s president Omer al-Bashir (C) addresses supporters outside the
military headquarters in Khartoum May 27, 2013. He is surrounded by VP
Al-Haj Adam, defence minister Abdel Rahim Hussein Tabitha Boutrus,
DRA’s head Tijani Al-Sissi, and FVP Ali Osman (photo SUNA)
The council of ministers was briefed during its weekly meeting by
president Omer Al-Bashir who chaired the cabinet about the outcome of
encounters he had with African leaders during the African Union summit
last month in Addis Ababa.
Bashir explain to his African counterparts, Sudan’s position on the
violations of the matrix of cooperation agreements committed by the
South Sudanese government and reaffirmed that Juba continues to
support rebel movements to "carry out acts of terror and sabotage",
said the cabinet spokesperson Hatim Hassan Bakheit after the meeting.
According to Bakheit, the president added that Juba’s support to the
rebel groups "is part of its strategic plan aiming to undermine
Sudan’s capabilities and destabilise security and stability in the
country".
Sudan and South Sudan signed a timetable agreement last March to
implement a number of agreements signed by Bashir and his South
Sudanese counterpart Salva Kiir on 27 September 2012. However the two
countries continue to trade accusations of support to rebel groups.
The two countries also continue to diverge over how to hold a
referendum on self-determination in the disputed area of Abyei.
Khartoum believe that a lobby of South Sudanese officials including
members in Juba government and leadership of security and intelligence
services continue to support the rebels to get concessions from Sudan
over their homeland of Abyei.
Kiir who is under international pressure to refrain from this alleged
support accused Khartoum of holding Juba responsible of its own
problems and denied backing the rebels.
Last Wednesday, the United Kingdom’s ambassador to the UN and UNSC,
Mark Lyall Grant warned the two sides that that any support to rebel
groups from both sides "is completely unacceptable and all the members
of the Security Council are clear that should not happen".
The coalition of rebel groups Sudanese Revolutionary Front (SRF)
attacked last April different localities in Kordofan region as some
63,000 have been displaced by the clashes.
The rebels announced they plan for a bigger operation that might
target different areas simultaneously as part of their war of
attrition to bring down the regime.
Bashir warned after the taking back of Abu Kershola on 27 May that if
Juba continues to support the rebels he will irreversibly shutdown oil
pipelines allowing the exportation of South Sudanese oil to the
international market.
Bakheit said the cabinet decided to conduct a campaign inside the
country and to prepare the public opinion for such measures against
South Sudan.
Last month the UN Security Council decided to hand over 1,200 soldiers
to the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abuei (UNISFA) to
participate in the monitoring operations on the common border between
the two Sudans but seemingly the parties are moving again towards
gloomy horizons.
(ST)
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