Ethiopia confident its peace force to Abyei will settle North-South Sudan tension
By Tesfa-Alem Tekle
June 30, 2011 (ADDIS ABABA) – Ethiopia on Thursday affirmed that its peace keeping force which is about to be deployed to the contested Abyei region will effectively carry out its mission.
The UN Security Council earlier this week unanimously authorised the deployment of a 4,200-strong Ethiopian peacekeeping force to Sudan’s disputed Abyei region after the Khartoum government and the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM) agreed in Addis Ababa on 20 June on temporary arrangements for the administration and security matters in the central region.
Abyei has recently been subject to conflict, with fears that the dispute between North and South Sudan may escalate into a return to civil war.
Ethiopia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the peace keeping mission is ready to carry out its duty and will exert maximum efforts to achieve a peaceful settlement for dispute.
“Ethiopia is a credible partner for both Sudanese so that based on their agreement Ethiopia will deploy one brigade – around 4,200 – troops to Abyei after both North and South Sudan fully withdraw their forces from the region’’ speaking to the pro-government news agency, Walta Information Center (WIC), Ambassador Dina Mufti, Ethiopia Foreign Affairs Spokesperson said.
The Ethiopian force will maintain the buffer zone by shielding the region’s borders from the incursion of all unauthorised forces, as well as being responsible for supporting the Abyei police, protecting civilians from imminent threats, protecting monitoring teams, and facilitating and protecting bodies providing humanitarian assistance. It will also monitor and verify all activity within the troubled Abyei region
‘‘The brigade will facilitate the establishment of Abyei’s interim administration and oversight committee to be drawn from both Sudanese’’ parties the Ethiopian ambassador said, adding “it will organise police force in Abyei from Dinka Ngok and Misseriya communities.
Recent fighting in the Abyei region has reportedly displaced thousands of people. The agreement for an Ethiopian peace force to move in will allow for the return of all displaced people.
Both Khartoum and Juba governments have commended Addis Ababa for the role it played in the peace process saying was a clear testimony of the country’s determination to peace in Sudan and to the region at large.
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Meendebai
Ethiopia confident its peace force to Abyei will settle North-South Sudan tension
Let’s action be the tool not confidency! Otherwise, I think they will do better than the others.
Kon Ajith Deng
Ethiopia confident its peace force to Abyei will settle North-South Sudan tension
Ethiopians are good people,they know their jobs,let them do their duties for all both side,but I’m afraid from SPLM/A,to mislead them to do dirty jobs for them.
Kon Ajith Deng
Ethiopia confident its peace force to Abyei will settle North-South Sudan tension
Ethiopians are good people,they know their jobs very well,but I’m afraid from SPLM/A to mislead them to do dirty jobs for them.
Emmanuel Ajang Solomon
Ethiopia confident its peace force to Abyei will settle North-South Sudan tension
Ethiopia.
I think, they know what they going to do since day one and most of them are well trained soldiers.
SPLM/A, was always doing the right thing regarding the issue of Abyei and other areas.
South Kordufan,Blue nile are now on the peace process,but if the,NCP think they don’t know what they are doing then some one need to tell them that all of this people are not any longer on those old days.
Good peace will be seen from the field and any attempt will be dealt with on the ground,and the whole world will witness all things that NCP is doing to its people.
Ethiopian are good people who have shown good records several times in every mission, not like Egypt who turned and rape our women in Kaduguli when they when there to seek refuge they turned them in to their prostitute while they have their husband and will be difficult now.
Abyei Soil
Ethiopia confident its peace force to Abyei will settle North-South Sudan tension
It is not absolute warranty, that voice sound good but let’s wait. I will be delightful when their actions contradict their sounding to Abyei community. We’ve long history record with Ethiopia and that explain why people of Abyei willing to welcome them warmly.
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