Sudan Rejects Deployment of Foreign Troops in Its Land

Khartoum – Sudan told the American envoy Preston Lyman that it will not agree deployment of foreign troops in its land. A reference to the presence of SPLM forces in South Kordofan and Blue Nile States.
Meanwhile, the Sudanese government demanded the international community to put pressure on SPLM to withdraw its forces from the two states if that community was serious about resolving the problem.
The government reportedly held SPLM responsible for conditions in the two said states as in accordance with the timetables specified in the  peace agreement.
For his part, the undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs  who received the American envoy to Sudan, Liman, affirmed to the American diplomat that the government has attempted addressing this situation even after the expiry of the period specified for disarming these militias but the other side did not cooperate “the international community seeks to capitalize on conditions in these states to put pressure on Sudan, while turning a blind eye to the possession of the other party (SPLM), hence this has culminated in the existing humanitarian conditions”, he was quoted as saying.
In his turn, the spokesperson for the foreign affairs ministry said the American envoy has expressed his vision on addressing the conditions in the Blue Nile and South Kordofan states, through assessment of these conditions by allowing access to credible international organizations to do that to pave the way for identifying the needs of these regions and the mechanisms to do that.