Sudan, South Sudan to Resume Talks on Abyei in Addis Ababa
By Mona Al-Bashir
Khartoum – Sudan and South Sudan are to resume talks on Abyei on 17 January 2011 in Addis Ababa.
Sudanese President, Field Marshal Omer Hassan Al Bashir, directed the Sudan Government negotiators not to compromise provisions of the Agreement signed on 26 June in Addis Ababa last year between Sudan and South Sudan, and stressed the need for continued dialogue with South to reach an agreement on Abyei particularly the issue of establishing civil institutions and forming police personnel from both sides.
The President was briefed on the outcome of the monthly meeting on Abyei in presence of African Union (AU) representative, commander of the Area Security Force besides the representatives of the two countries.
Abyei Chief Administrator Al-Kheir Al-Faheim Al-Mekki, in statement to press yesterday at the Presidency following a meeting with the President, said the meeting with South Sudan on Abyei did not produce tangible results because of intransigence on the part of the South Sudan and its insistence to lead the Abyei Administration and the Legislative Assembly in contravention of the Addis Ababa Agreement which stipulates that Sudan should assume the chairmanship of the Administration while the South should head the Legislative Assembly and the formation of civil institutions and police should also be shared by the two sides.
Al-Mekki added that South Sudan is trying to exclude Sudan from the police, an attempt to renege on the agreement. He said the forthcoming meeting would be convened on 17 January and will continue until 23 of the same month in a bid to resolve the contentious points to pave the way for an agreement in accordance with Addis Ababa provisions.
He explained that item 2/5/2 of the Addis Ababa Agreement was amended at the last meeting and based on that amendment there would be three levels in Abyei : executive (administration), parliamentary (legislative assembly) and presidential (Representatives of the President of Sudan and President of South Sudan).
Earlier, the Sudanese Government pointed out that SPLA move to attack Abyei would not change the prevailing situation given SAF resolution not to pull out until the Ethiopian peacekeepers complete their deployment. “Until then SAF will stay put” he told journalists at the National Congress Party (NCP) Headquarters.
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