African mediation hands "urgent proposal" to Sudan and South Sudan
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June 12, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – The head of the African Union (AU)
mediation handed over "urgent proposals" to Khartoum and Juba in order
to overcome the recent tensions between the two capitals that led
Sudan to freeze the implementation of a cooperation treaty.
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AU Commissioner for Peace and Security Ramtane Lamamra, meets Sudanese
foreign minister Ali Karti on 22 June 2012 in Addis Ababa (photo
African Union)
The African Union released on Wednesday two statements saying that AU
commissioner for peace and security, Ramtane Lamamra, discussed with
Sudanese foreign minister Ali Karti and South Sudan’s chief negotiator
Pagan Amum the current crisis between sides.
Lamamra discussed with the two officials "the urgent proposals that
the Chairperson of the AU High-level Implementation Panel (AUHIP),
former President Thabo Mbeki, formally conveyed to the Heads of State
of the two countries on 9 June 2013, with a view to decisively
resolving some crucial implementation issues", said a statement
released by the African body on Wednesday.
Regional and international bodies urged the two sides to commit
themselves to the cooperation agreements signed on 27 September 2012
and to fully implement it. They also asked Khartoum to not stop the
flow of South Sudanese oil and urged the two sides to stop their
support to rebel groups.
Sudanese government handed officially a letter notifying Juba
government and the foreign companies its decisions to shut down oil
flow starting of 9 June, adding the stoppage process will take two
months.
The decision is seen a setback in the normalisation process between
the two countries but also a failure for the efforts carried out by
the African Union mediation, as the international community which
backs the panel seems to be unable to do further.
Lamamra called on Khartoum and Juba to give "an urgent positive
response", in order to take concrete steps aiming to assist the two
parties to address the situation.
Bashir, who ordered in 8 June to shut down South Sudanese oil flow,
said he would not accept that Juba exports its oil through the Sudan
and to use its income to fund rebel groups aiming to topple his
regime.
Juba on the other side denied providing any support to the rebels but
different western sources speak about the presence, in South Sudan, of
Sudanese rebels who are in the landlocked states of Blue Nile, South
Kordofan and
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