South Sudan says will "embarrass" Sudan over support to rebel groups
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July 22, 2013 (JUBA) - South Sudan said Monday it will embarrass
Sudanese government which accuses Juba of harbouring and providing
support to the alliance of rebels groups that fight to topple Khartoum
regime.
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"This Khartoum (government) let them wait, we will embarrass them at
broad light before the international community if they continue to lie
without being ashamed that we support their rebels," a top level
military officer with South Sudanese Army (SPLA) told Sudan Tribune on
Monday.
The officer, who is a member of the Joint Political and Security
Committee (JPSC), said his country has a full list of evidence and
testimonies showing the support the government of Sudan had provided
to armed groups and political dissidents to struggling to remove Juba
administration since secession.
"We do not want talk just for the sake of talking. We present the
facts so that they talk for themselves and not the allegations. This
is what we do when we meet at joint security meetings. We let them
(Khartoum) talks and we come out with hard facts and humiliating
evidence".
"This is what we have been doing all this time", stressed the officer
who preferred anonymity because he is not authorized to talks to the
press.
The Small Arms Survey, an independent research group, published last
year different reports showing that weapons and ammunitions used by
the South Sudanese rebel groups are often from Sudanese factories or
China.
While, the Sudanese government establishes its accusations on
intelligence reports about the movements of the Sudanese rebels and
the logistical support they receive.
The South Sudanese official said joint security meetings have been
postponed "until further notice" because Sudan has only one agenda
"repeated and monotonous claims" that Juba supports Sudanese rebels.
He said it was the only matter the Sudanese delegation wanted to
discuss, adding that the initial agenda was the establishment of joint
crossing points and the evaluation of the implementation matrix.
The military disclosed that the meeting was scheduled to take place in
Juba but the Sudanese side asked to move it to Addis Ababa.
Sudanese government informed Juba two weeks ago that it maintains its
decision to freeze the implementation of the Cooperation Agreement and
to shut down the pipeline on 7 August, urging Juba to stop its support
to the rebel groups.
Khartoum also said that all the nine cooperation agreements should be
implemented at the same time.
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