Sudan: North and South Sign Agreement on Securing Oilfields

6 December 2010

Khartoum — The Sudan Armed forces (SAF) and the Sudan People Liberation Army (SPLA) on Monday signed a framework agreement on securing oilfields and related infrastructure in the South.

The accord states that the Joint Integrated Units (JIU) will continue their in accordance with the current security arrangements for the purposes of protecting the oilfields, companies and their employees as well as boosting the security situation in the region before and after the South Sudan referendum scheduled for early next month.

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