Juba dispatches VP Machar to Sudan for talks on oil row: source
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June 14, 2013 (JUBA) – South Sudan Vice President Riek Machar will
travel to Khartoum for talks with Sudanese official on their decision
to stop oil flow through their pipelines, a government source said
today.
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South Sudan Vice President Riek Machar (Reuters)
The weekly cabinet meeting in Juba tasked Machar with seeking to
defuse the tensions with its northern neighbor, the source told Sudan
Tribune.
Sudanese president Omer Hassan Al-Bashir ordered the oil minister to
begin shutting down the pipelines carrying the crude from landlocked
South Sudan.
Bashir said the decision was in response to Juba’s continued support
to rebels battling Khartoum.
The move was seen as a major setback to the agreements signed last
year between the two ex-foes.
In September of last year, both Sudan and South Sudan signed a series
of cooperation agreements, which covered oil, citizenship rights,
security issues, banking, border trade among others.
However only last March, the two countries signed an implementation
matrix for these deals which was hailed as a major breakthrough in the
mostly tense relations between the two ex-foes.
The most notable provision in the agreement is related to resumption
of oil exports by landlocked South Sudan which were suspended more
than a year ago because of a dispute over transit fees. Oil started
flowing again in April.
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