Juba — The Secretary General of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) Hon. Pagan Amum has announced that after the historic signing of contracts between the Government of the Republic of South Sudan and the foreign companies operating on the oil fields in the Republic of South Sudan on Friday last week, the government of Sudan has no more legal, economic or commercial basis to charge the Republic of South Sudan for transportation and processing fee except for transit fee.
The government of the Republic of South Sudan on Friday signed a number of contracts with the various companies that are engaged on the exploration of oil in the production of blocks of 1, 2 and 4; block 5, 8; and block 3, 7. Among the documents signed included Transition Agreement; Agreement on training between China National Petroleum Corporation and South Sudan's national Ministry of Petroleum and Mining; Memorandum of Understanding between the government of the Republic of South Sudan and the government of the People's Republic of China concerning a medical team to work in South Sudan; and Memorandum of Understanding for economic and financial cooperation among others.
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