Abyei talks due to resume next week in Addis Ababa
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May 26, 2017 (KHARTOUM) - The Sudanese committee for the
administration of Abyei area said it has received an invitation from
the African Union (AU) to resume the discussions with its South
Sudanese counterpart on Tuesday.
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UN peacekeepers from Ethiopia patrol the outskirts of the disputed
Abyei town that straddles the border between Sudan and South Sudan on
16 September 2013 (Photo: Reuters/Andreea Campeanu)
Ownership of Abyei, a disputed oil-producing region contested by Sudan
and South Sudan, remained contentious even after the world’s youngest
nation split from Sudan in 2011.
There is no joint administration between Sudan and South Sudan, as the
Ngok Dinka refuse the formation of Abyei Joint Oversight Committee
(AJOC). Instead, they call to hold a referendum without the Sudanese
pastoralist Misseriya.
Now there are two committees one for the Misseriya appointed by the
Sudanese government and another for the Ngok Dinka appointed by Juba
government.
The head of the Sudanese committee Hassan Ali Nemir told the
semi-official Sudan Media Center (SMC) they received an invitation
from the AU to resume the talks which will pave the road to implement
the June 20th, 2011 agreement between Sudan and South Sudan.
He said they insist the meetings must be held according to the
previous references, stressing the need to consider the outcome of the
meeting which was held in March 2015 besides developing a specific
timetable for this year’s as well as facilitating the work of aid
organisations and the return of IDP’s.
Nimir also called for holding an expanded meeting for the civil
administrations to achieve peaceful coexistence among the communities
of Abyei under the supervision of the joint committee, and that the
peacekeeping forces should play their full role.
On 27 June 2011, the Security Council, by its resolution 1990,
responded to the urgent situation in Abyei by establishing the United
Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA).
UNISFA’s establishment came after Sudan’s government and the Sudan
People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM) reached an agreement in Addis
Ababa, Ethiopia, to demilitarise Abyei and let Ethiopian troops
monitor the area.
The Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) provides that the contested
territory remains part of the north until the organisation of a
referendum determine its fate.
The difference over who will participate in the referendum prevents
the two countries from holding the agreed referendum.
However, the Dinka Ngok organised a unilateral referendum from 27to 29
October 2013 to say they want to join the Republic of South Sudan.
Khartoum, Juba, the African Union and the international community
refused to recognise the outcome of the vote.
(ST)
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