For now, the road Sudan/South Sudan are headed towards is a good one.
Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir and South Sudanese President Salva Kiir signed eight agreements in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, which led the way to resume important oil exports and create a six-mile demilitarised zone along their border on the 27th of September. The agreements allows for the return of 350,000 barrels of South Sudanese oil to the world market. The agreements also include an understanding on the parameters to follow in regards to set the boundaries or limits of their border, an economic-cooperation agreement and a deal to protect each other's citizens. Other issues remain unsolved but there have already been scheduled discussions on them, for example Abyei. At the same time as the ongoing General debate of the sixty-seventh session of the United Nations General Assembly on the same day, South Sudan was scheduled to speak. Vice President Riek Machar outlined what agreements were signed, but lamented the lack of a resolution on Abyei. United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon commended the two leaders on reaching an agreement. Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn also praised the outcome and hoped it would build momentum.
Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir and South Sudanese President Salva Kiir signed eight agreements in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, which led the way to resume important oil exports and create a six-mile demilitarised zone along their border on the 27th of September. The agreements allows for the return of 350,000 barrels of South Sudanese oil to the world market. The agreements also include an understanding on the parameters to follow in regards to set the boundaries or limits of their border, an economic-cooperation agreement and a deal to protect each other's citizens. Other issues remain unsolved but there have already been scheduled discussions on them, for example Abyei. At the same time as the ongoing General debate of the sixty-seventh session of the United Nations General Assembly on the same day, South Sudan was scheduled to speak. Vice President Riek Machar outlined what agreements were signed, but lamented the lack of a resolution on Abyei. United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon commended the two leaders on reaching an agreement. Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn also praised the outcome and hoped it would build momentum.