Egypt invites Sudanese partners for talks on post-referendum relations
June 27, 2010 (KHARTOUM) — Egypt has invited the two peace partners to meet in Cairo next month to discuss a deal to avoid war between northern and southern Sudan after the outcome of the referendum on self determination scheduled for next January.
This week the two partners of 2005 peace agreement signed an agreement on a roadmap for issues of post-referendum arrangements. These issues include border demarcation, the future of oil, assets, liabilities, security, international agreements, etc.
However fears are great that the two peace partners might diverge on more than one issue.
Last February Egypt organized a first meeting between the two ruling parties in northern and southern Sudan but failed to bridge differences between them as the SPLM delegation led by Pagan Amum pinpointed the need to establish a secular state where Muslims and Christians share the same values and principles besides equitable distribution of national wealth. But Nafi Ali Nafi the head of NCP delegation ruled out any concession on the Islamic legislation.
A delegation headed by the Secretary General of the Egyptian presidency Khalid Al-Orabi visited Juba on Sunday to extend an invitation to the southern Sudan ruling party SPLM to hold a second round of talks in Cairo in mid-July, said Amum in Juba today.
The talks aim to reach an agreement for the maintenance of peace and good relations between the North and the South, regardless of the outcome of the referendum, he stressed.
The SPLM Secretary General who is also Minister of Peace and CPA Implementation said they accepted the invitation.
JEM’s SUPPORT FOR SELF-DETERMINATION
The issue of southern Sudan referendum continues to stir many reactions among the national political forces and foreign countries.
The rebel Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) which suspended its participation in the peace talks reiterated today its support to the referendum on self determination for southern Sudan.
“Justice and Equality Movement reaffirms – through its legislative, executive institutions, and its popular and military grounds – its full and absolute support to the right of self-determination as provided in the Comprehensive Peace Agreement,” reads the statement signed by Ahmed Hussein Adam.
The rebel group further said the referendum should be held in a timely manner without delay.
Ahmed also underlined there is no contradiction between JEM’s support for the referendum and its position in favor of a united Sudan because the Unity advocated by his movement is “a voluntary unity based on new foundations including justice, equal rights and duties and true citizenship.
In October 2008, the SPLM SG Pagan Amum met with JEM Chairman near the Chadian border where the two parties agreed on the need to coordinate efforts and resolve Darfur crisis and to ensure the implementation of the CPA.
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Aduol Liet
Egypt invites Sudanese partners for talks on post-referendum relations
JEM are right to supporting Southern Sudan on self-determination, because the so call guilty National Congress Party of Omar al Bashir are still sticking with the Old Ideas which made people sad and moved a way and started fighting with Sudan government. The only way for all these none Arab in Sudan is to create a New Sudan nation and New Sudan constitutional and they have to leave those Arab alone in North Sudan to rule themselve, because they don’t respected the real natives people in the Sudan and the unity on the mouth without evidence is the wast of time. When every regions joins together with Southern Sudanese like what happened in Ethiopia when 14 regions joins Southern Ethiopia if these things happen in Sudan that will be good because these North Arab will be sorry and they will blame themselves for mistreatment they have been doing to Black natives in the Sudan. There is nothing Egypt can do about the problems in Sudan when they some time trying to support Sudan government and Sudan government are responsible for the massive killing civilians population we simply view Egypt as a big game play to make fool on none Arab fortunately, it is too later this kind of influence will not be accepted in this generation .