The two Sudans presidents plan to live peacefully together: South Sudan government spokesman

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Juba-South Sudan government spokesman, Barnaba Marial Benjamin, stressed that South Sudan’s president, Salva Kiir Mayardit, and his Sudanese counterpart, Omer Al-Bashir, want to prove to the international community that the two countries plan to live peacefully together.
South Sudan government spokesman, Barnaba Marial Benjamin, stressed that South Sudan’s president, Salva Kiir Mayardit, and his Sudanese counterpart, Omer Al-Bashir, want to prove to the international community that the two countries plan to live peacefully together.
Benjamin pointed out that the two presidents will discuss how to implement security agreements the two countries signed in September and the status of the contested region of Abyei.
The two countries’ presidents, Omer Al-Bashir and Salva Kiir, on 27 September, have sealed a package of cooperation agreements in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, on oil, freedom of movement, trade and security on their common borders.
The agreements provided for creation of a temporary buffer zone between the perceived borderlines while the two parties will continue to discuss on Abyei referendum and their permanent borders as they failed to reach an agreement over the disputed areas including 14 Miles
Al-Bashir had planned to travel to South Sudan in April 2012 but cancelled the visit after South Sudan's military seized the disputed oil-producing town of Heglig.