African team to verify the harbouring of Sudanese rebels in South Sudan
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July 12, 2013 (JUBA) – An African Union delegation will arrive in the
South Sudanese capital, Juba, in the next few days to verify the
alleged harbouring of Sudanese rebels that are fighting the Khartoum
government in the two areas of South Kordofan and Blue Nile and Darfur
region.
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SRF leaders, form the left, Gibril Ibrahim (JEM), Malik Agar (SPLM-N),
Abdel wahil Al Nur (SLM-AW) Minnin Minnawi (SLM-MM) and Yasir Arman
(SPLM-N), on 4 October 2012 after the signing of a new political
agreement between the rebel groups in Kampala, Uganda (Photo SRF)
In a meeting on Friday chaired by the country’s vice-president, Riek
Machar, leaders of various concerned ministries and security agencies
were directed to make the necessary preparations for the reception of
the delegation of the African Union High Implementation Panel (AUHIP)
as well as cooperate with them.
Key ministers of Foreign Affairs, Defence, Interior, Justice,
Petroleum and Mining and the Office of the President as well as the
military Chief of General Staff and the General Inspector of Police;
senior officials of the military intelligence and national security,
all participated in the preparatory meeting.
South Sudanese minister of information and the official spokesperson
of the government, Barnaba Marial Benjamin, told reporters that the
meeting was a follow-up on the full implementation of the Cooperation
Agreements signed in September last year by the two countries.
He said the AU delegation will come to verify Sudan’s accusations that
South Sudan was harbouring the Sudanese rebels.
Marial further added that they will also discuss issues on the border
centrelines, adding that South Sudan had already accepted the over 150
coordinates as identified on the map by the African Union team.
He further explained that the meeting also discussed a new letter
written on 7th July by the Sudanese President Omer Al-Bashir which
continues to put pressure on South Sudan on the 60 days ultimatum of
oil shutdown plan as Khartoum insists that Juba was harbouring and
supporting the rebels.
Leading members of the Sudanese Revolutionary Front (SRF) living
abroad in east African countries took part in recent meetings held
from 27 to 5 July in South Kordofan. Khartoum accused Juba of
facilitating the gathering.
Ali Osman Taha was expected to participate in the celebration of the
second anniversary but Khartoum at the last moment sent agriculture
minister.
Taha and Machar after a series of joint meetings in Khartoum on 30 and
1 July issued a joint statement reiterating the two parties’
commitment to the security arrangements agreement and to not support
rebel groups from both sides.
Juba has been rejecting the allegations of supporting SPLM-N and SRF
rebels generals, and instead counter-accused Khartoum of supporting
its rebels including David Yau Yau in the troubled Pibor county of
Jonglei state.
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