غياب امبيكي يؤجل محادثات اديس ابابا وربما تنطلق يوم السبت

ADDIS ABABA (AFP) - African-brokered crisis talks between Sudan and South Sudan after days of border clashes were delayed Thursday but the rival sides pledged to stop an escalation into full-blown war.

The talks in the Ethiopian capital were likely to be deferred because chief mediator, former South African president Thabo Mbeki, could only reach Addis Ababa on Saturday, South Sudan's top negotiator told AFP.

"We are coming to Addis today, and we have received a message that maybe the meeting will be postponed," Pagan Amum told AFP by telephone, adding he was hoping the African Union-mediated talks to start Saturday.

Amum has said aim was to "pursue peace" and to stop the recent violence, including airstrikes and tank battles, from "spreading to a full fledged war."

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