Photo: Isaac Billy/UN Photo Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir on Wednesday reiterated his readiness to hold a summit with his South Sudanese counterpart Salva Kiir Mayardit anytime and anywhere to expedite implementation of a cooperation deal signed by the two countries in September.
"We have reiterated our willingness to implement the cooperation agreement signed between Sudan and South Sudan in Ethiopia's capital of Addis Ababa. We are ready to meet with Salva Kiir anytime and anywhere," said al-Bashir at a joint press conference with Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn who is currently visiting Khartoum.
He commended Ethiopia's role in exploring a comprehensive settlement for the outstanding issues between Sudan and South Sudan.
The Ethiopian prime minister, for his part, vowed to work with the two sides to achieve peace and stability in the two countries, saying "We are committed to continuing to work closely with the two leaders to bring peace and stability to both Sudan and South Sudan."
"We have agreed that the implementation of the agreement signed in Addis Ababa in September has to be expedited," he said, adding that "We also agreed that discussions should resume quickly between the two leaders and therefore they can map out the future of their relationship and the peaceful resolution of all the issues through dialogue and discussions."
Desalegn on Wednesday arrived in Khartoum for a two-day visit.
Ethiopia has played an important role in mediating the outstanding issues between Sudan and South Sudan. On Sept. 27, Sudan and South Sudan signed a package of agreements on various issues during a presidential summit in Addis Ababa of Ethiopia.
Witnessed by the members of the African Union High-Level Implementation Panel on Sudan (AUHIP), the two sides inked three deals on cooperation, security and post-secession issues.
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The agreements we signed are heating us back. Since time in memorial we the South Sudanese relied on agreements from the Sudan North. Two major parts of these deals were signed by South and the most heart paining one is the oil deal the people of South Sudan signed with Basir NCP this year, those who went to sign the deal were warned by the locals that they should not do such because it will be a harmful deal to the people of South Sudan. These people failed to understand the cry of the people. Categories of people went on top of their voice including ministers of certain institutions, journalist, etc. The government paid dead ears to their cry. And today the deal is pulling us back to get another deal. For how long are we going to go to school and score zero marks and we still continue paying school fee that we need to learn? Basir is learning our weakness and soon he will get higher score and be the winner if we still let him time to sit with us on tables for peace agreements.