Ethiopia welcomes Juba s offer of mediation in standoff with Sudan
The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia has welcomed South Sudan s initiative to mediate its border dispute with the Republic of Sudan.
Addressing the press in Juba on Saturday, Zelalem Birhan Alemu, Ethiopia’s deputy head of mission said that Ethiopia welcomes any initiative from any country if it will lead to mutual peace between the two countries.
“South Sudan has offered to mediate, we say any mediation Ethiopia welcomes. Ethiopia always stands for negotiations and peaceful resolution of problems so any initiative is welcome. On 6 November 2020, the Sudanese encroached Ethiopian territory so we need that to be reversed to have that negotiation. So, any negotiation initiatives are welcome,” the Ethiopian envoy said. “The border issue with Sudan has been there for a long time and in 1972 we had an agreement to renegotiate the border and demarcate the border.”
The East African
Friday January 15 2021
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South Sudan s President Salva Kiir has expressed readiness to mediate between Sudan and Ethiopia to end their border conflict, said Sudan s Sovereign Council on Thursday.
Chairman of Sudan s Sovereign Council Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan on Thursday met with Tut Gatluak, South Sudan s presidential adviser on security affairs, who conveyed a verbal message from Kiir, the council said in a statement. President Salva Kiir has expressed readiness to mediate between Sudan and Ethiopia to reach a political and diplomatic solution according to the recognised international borders in preservation of the fraternal ties between the two countries and the peace in the region, Gatluak was quoted by the statement as saying.
Sudan hA reiterated its adherence to the necessity of giving the African Union (AU) experts a bigger role in the negotiations on the disputed Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) on the Nile river.Chairman of Sudan s Sovereign Council Abdel .
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Sudan says its army not go beyond int l border with Ethiopia
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KHARTOUM, Dec. 31 (Xinhua) Chairman of Sudan s Sovereign Council Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan on Thursday said the Sudanese army has not gone beyond the international border with Ethiopia or attacked it. What is happening at the eastern region adjacent to our border with Ethiopia is redeployment of the Sudanese armed forces within their territory, said Al-Burhan in a speech to the Sudanese people on the 65th anniversary of Sudan s Independence. The Sudanese Armed Forces have not and will not go beyond the international borders or attack neighboring Ethiopia, noted Al-Burhan.