Egypt treading carefully on the border dispute with Sudan
October 15, 2009 (KHARTOUM) — The Egyptian government avoided making any public reaction in wake of Sudan’s electoral commission announcement that a disputed border region will be counted as a geographical constituency in the April 2010 elections.
The Kuwaiti based Al-Jarida newspaper quoted unidentified Egyptian foreign ministry officials as saying that “Cairo will temporarily maintain silence” on the matter.
“Khartoum’s step is subject to evaluation and we are seriously looking at it” an official told the newspaper.
The Egyptian ambassador to Sudan Afifi Abdel-Wahab downplayed the dispute in press statement saying there is nothing new and that the situation will be resolved through dialogue.
The Halayeb triangle that overlooks the Red Sea has been a source of tension between the two countries as early as 1958, shortly after Sudan gained independence from British-Egyptian rule.
The border issue was laid to rest until the 1990’s when relations between the two countries worsened over accusations that Sudan is harboring Islamic militant groups seeking to overthrow the Egyptian regime.
A failed attempt on the life of the Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak was blamed on Khartoum after which Cairo moved to assert control over the area.
Based on Sudan’s announcement the commission is now tasked with registering Halayeb residents for voting but it is not clear if Cairo would allow that.
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oshay
Egypt treading carefully on the border dispute with Sudan
Halyeb is Sovereign Sudanese territory and we will defend it to the death, even stupid dinka SPLA thugs will be called to fight for that land whether you zombie SPLM support it or not.
SPLM-DC and long live the great General Paulino Matip.
Kur
Egypt treading carefully on the border dispute with Sudan
Egypt has taken Halyb and nobody in Khartoum is saying anything, however, when the innocent Sudanese demand their rights to live in freedom, they are attacked by those insolent dogs who know how to eat the food they do not produce. Let Bashir go and fight there because there is oil in that place. Coward hyena.
Kur
mohammed osman
Egypt treading carefully on the border dispute with Sudan
We will not be silenced by the Egyptians anymore, allah willing we will defeated them and liberate our lands, we are ready to form the north sudan liberation army to fight this Egyptian animals, since our government of NCP is just afraid of the Egyptians while they occupy our lands.