Sudan and South Sudan on Friday agreed to establish a buffer zone on their joint border, demarcate the Zero line and open border crossings before the end of 2018, Sudan’s official SUNA news agency reported.<\/p>\n
Sudan and South Sudan on Friday concluded military talks, where the two countries’ chiefs of staff signed the minutes of the talks before developing them into a memorandum of understanding for military cooperation.<\/p>\n
“The talks were held under appropriate circumstances that allow boosting the military cooperation between the two countries to reach common understandings and pave the way for a great breakthrough in a number of outstanding issues,” Lt. Gen. Kamal Abdul-Marouf Al-Mahi, Sudanese Army’s chief of joint staff, was quoted in the report as saying.<\/p>\n
For his part, Gen. Gabriel Jok Riak, chief of staff of South Sudan’s Army, reiterated his country’s full commitment to what has been agreed on, the report said.<\/p>\n
“What has been reached is considered a strong push on the course of the two countries’ bilateral political and military relations. These talks constituted a new breakthrough in various areas of military cooperation and means of strengthening and developing them further,” he said.<\/p>\n
Riak started a visit to Sudan five days ago, where he held talks with his Sudanese counterpart and met with Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir and National Defense Minister Maj. Gen. Awad ibn Auf.<\/p>\n
Sudan and South Sudan signed a deal in 2012 on security arrangements stipulating withdrawal of the two countries’ troops for 10 km north and south of the zero line agreed on to establish a demilitarized zone on the joint border.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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