Karti: Sudan welcomes Egyptian backing for Sudan in international fora
04 June, 2011
Khartoum, June 4 (Sudanow) -Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ahmed Ali Karti, on Saturday, said President of the Republic, Omar Al Bashir will pay a field visit to the area of Ousef, a vital maritime Port on the Red Sea, Red Sea State
Kari has explained at a press conference held within the context of the visit by Egyptian Foreign Minister, Dr Nabeel Alarabi to the Sudan, that the two sides have agreed Halaib would remain an issue for discussion to boost joint cooperation, investment opportunities and would be administered between the two countries, and that it should never be a hurdle in the process of joint cooperation between the two countries
Karti has revealed meanwhile that the Sudanese government has turned down a request by the United Nations Security Council that the Sudanese Armed Forcers pull out of Abyei. The Minister has stressed that Sudan has not accepted the language of threat contained in the statement issued by the Security Council , although the statement was actually demined by Sudan's friends in the Council
He said the Sudan does not need to be asked to pull its army out of Abyei because this is a Sudanese territory and the army's entering the area to handle security situation there was imposed by the continued security breaches committed by the other party
Karti added that the armed forces would remain in Abyei until an agreement is reached abbot the area and that it was not acceptable to talks about withdrawal except within t he context of arrangements that would secure living and guarantees peaceful coexistence for al to live their together
The Minister told the press conference that Sudan welcomes the efforts exerted by Egypt in all domains at the international forums and about how to improve the bilateral relations between the north and the south and how to improve them further
He pointed out that the African Union was currently leading efforts with the view to find a solution , calling on the united nations security council to back the African Union efforts to remedy t he question of Abyei
He said the Sudanese government has nodded to proposals submitted by the African |Union while the Southern Sudan people liberation movement has said nay to the African Union
Karti has meanwhile revealed that the talks of the Egyptian delegation and the Sudanese side have focused on follow up of the issues of cooperation and the reinvigoration of previous agreements and work to achieve what has not been implemented while at the same time completing the dossiers relatives to those agreements. He said the talks have also touched on the provision of funding for economic projects agreed upon recently in Cairo, Egypt recently
He stressed that the two sides have the desire to make use of the potentials and resources the two sides possess towards realization of food security and completion of this particular dossier
The minister underlined that Sudan has made use of the Egyptian backing and support on issues related to the question of the CPA implementation, the Darfur peace talks and the ICC questions at international fora
He said the talks have also touched on the development of the situation in t he Middle East and in the region and how the two sides should deal with those developments
The Egyptian foreign Minister, Dr Al-Arabi has meanwhile said Egypt does not consider itself a mediator in the issue of Abyei but rather a sister to the two sides relaying the view of each side to the other with the view to reach a solution for the issue
He said the view points of the two sides have been identical in the domain of economic and political relations and on the developments in the region as well as on the issue of the Nile water. He said each of Sudan, Egypt and Ethiopia have agreement to form experts committee to review the question of water and that of the millennium dam
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