An envoy of the African Union says arrangements are in place for the resumption of meetings of the Joint Political and Security Mechamism (JPSM) between Sudan and South Sudan on the border issues, headed by Thabo Mbeki the African Union High level implementation panel president is underway later this month.
JPSM was a mechanism established as part of the 2012 Addis Ababa agreement, which ended a row between Sudan and South Sudan over pipeline fees and other secession-related issues.
Sudanese Presidential Assistant Ibrahim Mahmoud Hamid, who met with AU Ambassador in Khartoum Mahmud Kane, on Thursday, said Khartoum is ready to participate in the meetings of the committee in Addis Ababa to discuss border issues, the zero line and armed support of armed movements in the two countries.
For his part, Mahmud said he also discussed with the Sudanese official the preparation for the National Dialogue in Sudan, the Two Areas negotiations between the Sudanese government and the SPLM-N, and communications between the AU and Darfur rebel movements.
File photo: Members of the JPSM Secretariat at a workshop in Addis Ababa, 16 March 2013 (AUHIP).