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| Sudan-S.Sudan Border Talks 'End Without Progress' |
| 2012-06-09 |
| [An Nahar] Peace talks between Khartoum and Juba to set up a demilitarized buffer zone have ended with Sudan accusing South Sudan of seeking to create "10 disputed areas," state media reported on Friday. The defense ministers of Sudan and South Sudan met this week in Addis Ababa to discuss border security, including a cessation of hostilities and the establishment of a demilitarized area along their common frontier. But the African Union ...a union consisting of 53 African states, most run by dictators of one flavor or another. The only all-African state not in the AU is Morocco. Established in 2002, the AU is the successor to the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), which was even less successful... -mediated talks ended on Thursday with the two sides unable to agree on the line from which the safe demilitarized border zone would be drawn, Abdelrahim Mohammed Hussein was quoted as saying by the official SUNA news agency. "The map which South Sudan has adopted, and which it wants to be the basis of the demilitarized buffer zone, is considered hostile, and does not reflect the spirit of friendship or seek to achieve peace between the two sides." "Instead (the South) wants to create 10 disputed areas between the two countries, like Abyei," Hussein said, referring to the contested border region where negotiations are currently deadlocked. |
| Posted by:Fred |