Khartoum calls on Juba to resume talks on implementation of
cooperation agreements
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February 2, 2016 (KHARTOUM) - Sudanese government has renewed call for
the implementation of the cooperation agreement signed with South
Sudan saying it would ask Juba to hold a meeting for the Joint
Political and Security Committee (JPSC).
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South Sudanese president Salva Kiir (L) and his Sudanese counterpart,
Omer Hassan al-Bashir, attend a press conference at Khartoum airport
on 4 November 2014 (Photo: AFP/Ashraf Shazly)
In September 2012, both Sudan and South Sudan signed a series of
cooperation agreements, which covered oil, citizenship rights,
security issues, banking, border trade among others.
In March 2013, the two countries signed an implementation matrix for
these cooperation agreements.
Sudan’s state minister at the presidency Al-Rasheed Haroun said a
meeting of the higher committee for the implementation of the
cooperation agreements chaired by the First Vice President Bakri
Hassan Salah discussed the progress made in the implementation of the
agreements since they were being signed.
According to Haroun, the committee praised recent decisions by the
presidents of Sudan and South Sudan to re-open the border between the
two countries, stressing that Sudan continued to implement the
agreements to enable both peoples to live in peace especially along
the joint border.
Last week, the Sudanese President Omer al-Bashir issued a presidential
decree ordering to open the border with the South Sudan and directed
the concerned authorities to take all the necessary measures for the
implementation of this decision on the ground.
Bashir’s decision came as a response to an earlier decision by the
South Sudanese President Salva Kiir ordering his army to withdraw from
border with Sudan to 5 miles [8km].
Haroun further told the official news agency (SUNA) that the meeting
underscored the strategic relations with South Sudan, pointing to
Sudan’s keenness to promote those relations and implement all items of
the cooperation agreements.
He said the Sudanese relevant committees would press ahead with the
parallel committees in South Sudan to implement the outstanding issues
including the security arrangements, borders, trade, oil, economic
situation, workers conditions and the contested area of Abyei.
Haroun added the meeting directed the Sudanese committees to contact
parallel committees in South Sudan to implement the border agreement
on the ground, demanding Juba to reciprocate by carrying out similar
practical moves.
“[We] would renew call for South Sudan to hold the meeting of the JPSC
to determine the demilitarized zone and the [border] crossings and
ensure the non-harboring and support [of rebels from the other
country]”, he said.
Last December, the third meeting of the JSPC which was scheduled to be
held in Khartoum was postponed for internal Southern Sudanese security
reasons.
South Sudan broke away from Sudan in July, 2011, following a
referendum held in January of that year.
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