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Sudan 'could give up' southern oil | |
2010-12-18 | |
[Al Jazeera] Sudan's president has said that his Khartoum-based government is ready to give up its share of the revenues from oil reserves from the south, if the region votes against independence.
However, The infamous However... in an address to a delegation of AU's Peace and Security Council in Khartoum on Thursday, Bashir said that the northern government was now willing to give up its share of the revenues to ensure the country remains undivided. "We say if they choose unity, we are ready for the national government to give up its full share in the oil of the South to the government of the south," he said. Bashir made the remarks just a day after one of his senior aides acknowledged that the south would likely vote to secede in the January 9 referendum after the "failure" of policies aimed at keeping Africa's largest nation united. | |
Posted by:Fred |
#1 Translation: The South will have the oil, but it'll be a problem for them to get it out of there. |
Posted by: Pappy 2010-12-18 21:34 |