Kiir promises to investigate Khartoum’s claims of support to Sudanese rebels
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Kiir promises to investigate Khartoum’s claims of support to Sudanese rebels
May 17, 2013 (KHARTOUM) - South Sudan’s president, Salva Kiir
Mayardit, has promised to verify the information given to him by the
Sudanese foreign minister, Ali Karti, on claims of continued support
offered by several bodies within his government to Sudanese rebel
groups in Darfur and Kordofan states.
Salva Kiir attends a meeting of the head of states and gov’ts in Addis
Ababa Jan 27, 2013. (Reuters)
Last week, Sudan’s national intelligence and security services (NISS)
accused the South Sudanese government of continuing to support the
rebel groups in spite of the normalisation process launched last
March.
On Wednesday, Sudanese first vice-president Ali Osman Taha said that
some circles within the Juba government support rebel groups. He added
that they want to implement the strategy of the "New Sudan"
irrespective of whether the governing party in Khartoum is the
National Congress Party (NCP) or another party.
Sudan’s foreign minister who visited Juba on Friday accompanied by
NISS director, Mohamed Atta, delivered a letter from the Sudanese
president to his southern counterpart containing information and
documents proving logistical and military support received by rebel
groups across the border.
According to the Sudanese official news agency (SUNA), president Kiir
has promised to consider and verify the information and stressed that
his country had no desire to harm Sudan’s interests, reiterating
commitment to security agreements signed between the two countries.
In September of last year, the two ex-foes signed a series of
cooperation agreements which covered oil, citizenship rights, security
issues, banking, and border trade among others.
After several months of an apparent setback, the two countries signed
an implementation matrix last March for these cooperation agreements.
President Kiir further said that he would discuss the issue with
president Omer Al-Bashir on the sidelines of the African Union (AU)
summit which will be held in Addis Ababa late this month.
Sudan Revolutionary Front (SRF) rebels recently attacked several areas
in South and North Kordofan. They said these attacks are part of their
war of attrition against the regime before to assault the capital
Khartoum.
Yasir Arman, Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-North)
secretary general called on the opposition parties to agree with the
SRF on a national program for the post-Bashir era asserting that
popular uprising will accelerate the collapse of the regime.
(ST)
May 17, 2013 (KHARTOUM) - South Sudan’s president, Salva Kiir
Mayardit, has promised to verify the information given to him by the
Sudanese foreign minister, Ali Karti, on claims of continued support
offered by several bodies within his government to Sudanese rebel
groups in Darfur and Kordofan states.
Salva Kiir attends a meeting of the head of states and gov’ts in Addis
Ababa Jan 27, 2013. (Reuters)
Last week, Sudan’s national intelligence and security services (NISS)
accused the South Sudanese government of continuing to support the
rebel groups in spite of the normalisation process launched last
March.
On Wednesday, Sudanese first vice-president Ali Osman Taha said that
some circles within the Juba government support rebel groups. He added
that they want to implement the strategy of the "New Sudan"
irrespective of whether the governing party in Khartoum is the
National Congress Party (NCP) or another party.
Sudan’s foreign minister who visited Juba on Friday accompanied by
NISS director, Mohamed Atta, delivered a letter from the Sudanese
president to his southern counterpart containing information and
documents proving logistical and military support received by rebel
groups across the border.
According to the Sudanese official news agency (SUNA), president Kiir
has promised to consider and verify the information and stressed that
his country had no desire to harm Sudan’s interests, reiterating
commitment to security agreements signed between the two countries.
In September of last year, the two ex-foes signed a series of
cooperation agreements which covered oil, citizenship rights, security
issues, banking, and border trade among others.
After several months of an apparent setback, the two countries signed
an implementation matrix last March for these cooperation agreements.
President Kiir further said that he would discuss the issue with
president Omer Al-Bashir on the sidelines of the African Union (AU)
summit which will be held in Addis Ababa late this month.
Sudan Revolutionary Front (SRF) rebels recently attacked several areas
in South and North Kordofan. They said these attacks are part of their
war of attrition against the regime before to assault the capital
Khartoum.
Yasir Arman, Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-North)
secretary general called on the opposition parties to agree with the
SRF on a national program for the post-Bashir era asserting that
popular uprising will accelerate the collapse of the regime.
(ST)
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