Khartoum-Sudan and South Sudan have agreed to refer their complaints to the agreed bilateral mechanisms, reiterating their acceptance of the proposals of the African Union High Level Implementation Panel about the current crisis, with immediate implementation of these proposals.
This came in a joint statement issued on Monday in Khartoum at the end of talks between Sudan’s Vice president, Ali Osman Taha, and his South Sudanese counterpart, Riek Machar.
The statement noted that the two sides discussed the implementation of the Cooperation Agreements, in particular the security issue.
Khartoum’s government always accuses Juba’s government of supporting rebel movements, which prompted Sudan to its decision of 9 June 2013 in suspension in oil and related economic issues between the two countries.
The statement stressed the commitment of the two sides to discuss bilateral dialogue without prejudice to the role of the African Union High Level Implementation Panel in continuing of facilitating of negotiation between the two countries, reaffirming respect for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of each State and to refrain from supporting and harboring the armed opposition to each State in accordance with the security arrangements.
The two parties agreed on normalization and development of bilateral relations between the two countries and activate agreements of the application mechanisms, monitoring, evaluation and dispute resolution on the cooperation agreements signed at Addis Ababa last April.
The statement said the two countries agreed to support any initiatives to bring peace and stability to the two countries and work to resolve the outstanding issues in the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) in particular the final status and borders of the Abyei area.