South Sudan and Sudan sign security agreement

by admin
Mar 8, 2013

South Sudan and Sudan signed a security agreement on Friday, pledging to withdraw their respective military troops from the demilitarised zone in between the two states, later this month.

The Sudan Defence Minister, Lt. Gen. Abdal-Rahim Mohamed Hussein, said: "We will be ... committed, definitely, to implement (the agreement) word-by-word and step-by-step,"

The move has been welcomed by the US. In a press release, the spokesperson for the US State Dept, Victoria Nuland said:

'The United States welcomes the technical agreement signed between Sudan and South Sudan establishing a Safe Demilitarized Border Zone (SDBZ), a firm timeline for the withdrawal of forces, and a way ahead for the deployment of a joint border monitoring force.

At the same time, the parties should begin the immediate implementation of all nine September 27 Cooperation Agreements. Each of these agreements should be implemented independently without conditions or delay.

We commend the parties, the African Union High-Level Implementation Panel and the UN Interim Security Force for Abyei for their continued efforts to implement the African Union Roadmap and UN Security Council Resolution 2046.'

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