South Sudan talks suspended after air strike accusations

by admin
Jul 21, 2012
South Sudan has scrapped talks with neighbour Sudan, after accusing Khartoum of carrying out air strikes on their side of a disputed border.

Direct talks were being held by the two countries as a UN Security Council deadline of August 2nd looms for the nations to resolve their disputes.

However, allegations of airstrikes by Sudan on Friday have led to South Sudan cancelling direct talk that were due to take place in Addis Ababa.

Atif Kiir, the spokesman for Juba's South Sudan said,
"We were left with no choice but to suspend our direct bilateral talks with Sudan,"
"You cannot sit with them to negotiate when they are bombing our territory."

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