Talks between Sudan and South Sudan Governments on Pending Issues to begin Tuesday in Addis Ababa
Khartoum, Jan. 15 (SUNA)- Talks on the pending issues between the Republic of Sudan and the republic of South Sudan are due to begin in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, on Tuesday, under auspices of the African Union High-Level Panel on Sudan, which is headed by the former South African President, Thabo Mbeki.
At the regular news forum of Sudan News Agency (SUNA) Sunday, the State Minister at the Presidency of the Republic, Idris Mohamed Abdul-Gadir, said that the arrears due to be repaid by South Sudan Government to Sudan government have reached six billion, besides one billion dollars as the fees for the crossing of the South oil, while the debts due to be paid by the government of Sudan to the government of South Sudan have reached five billion dollars.
Abdul-Gadir said that the coming session of talks between the two parties will focus on the joint economic file, mainly the issues of oil, trade and the financial accounts.
He said that the oil quantities that Sudan took from the oil of South Sudan since the beginning of last month instead of the oil crossing fees were not equal to the fees that South Sudan government should repaid to the government of Sudan.
He said that the government of South Sudan tended to export its oil via the North for five years without payment of crossing and port fees and other fees to the Republic of Sudan, a matter which resulted in harming to the Sudanese economy and increasing the exchange rate and raising the inflation rate.
Meanwhile, Abdul-Gadir accused circles that he did not name of attempting to impede restoration of Sudan to its rights from the State of South Sudan, referring to the costs resulting from the transportation of oil, the treatment at Hejlij and Jabalain, the high chemical and physiological operations, besides the costs of storing at ports, the use of the sea ports in Port-Sudan and the sovereign fee.
Meanwhile, head of the government delegation for negotiations in the economic axis, Dr. Sabir Mohamed Al-Hassan, said that Sudan financial claims to the State of South Sudan are supported by real figures and genuine documents, adding that the other party depended on documents and interpretations to the decision of the Hague-based Arbitration Court on Abyei issue and the pensions of the civil and military service employees.
He said that the coming round of negotiations will provide a chance to go ahead to create a spirit of cooperation conducive to reaching agreement on the controversial issues for the interest of the peoples of the two countries.
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