Sudans to meet for crisis talks after fighting
Reuters
Addis Ababa – Sudan and South Sudan are due to restart African Union-led talks in the Ethiopia Tuesday in the first face-to-face meeting since bitter border fighting took the foes to the brink of all-out war.
International pressure has pushed both sides to return to the long-running talks stalled by the fighting last month, when Southern troops seized an oil field from Khartoum’s troops for ten days as Sudan launched repeated air strikes.
Tensions remain high, but Southern President Salva Kiir stressed ahead of the talks that “amicable dialogue on the outstanding issues with Khartoum is the only option for peace,” according the South Sudan government website.
Khartoum’s foreign ministry has said it will attend the May 29 talks and discuss a UN Security Council resolution that they resume dialogue on “critical” issues
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Category: Khartoum
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