الجنوب يتراجع عن قرار إيقاف ضخ النفط (لابدورك ولابحمل بلاك )..

Quote: Therefore, during the second Council of Ministers of 2012 meeting on January 20, we unanimously decided that all oil operations in South Sudan should be halted with immediate effect and no crude oil belonging to South Sudan shall flow through the pipelines on the territory of the Republic of Sudan. The government stands ready to handle this situation; however, we are mindful that it cannot be done without the collective support of this august house. We have reached this point only after exhausting all avenues including my sending envoys to Kenya, Uganda, and Ethiopia last week. The presidents of those countries reached out to Bashir to ask him to stop taking unilateral decisions regarding our oil. The response from Bashir is that he will not stop taking oil until we pay the exorbitant amount of 32 dollars per barrel, something that is completely out of international norms and a precedence that we are unwilling to set. Insomuch as the duration of revenue disruption is unknown and to ensure the continued operation of our national government and to provide for our people, we will need to find other sources of funding. In doing so, I have instructed the Ministry of Finance to initiate contingency plans for revenue collection and allocation. This will accelerate the increase in collections of non-oil revenues. It also will prioritize the allocation of existing revenue, allowing us to make the most of what we have. The Ministry of Finance will also look into other options for replacing the lost revenue. On existing cash reserves, rest assured that the government can operate for the immediate future, depending on which cuts are made.