A high-level delegation of the national dialogue committee has arrived in the disputed area of Abyei between Sudan and South Sudan on Thursday.

The team led by General Pieng Deng Kuol plans to carry out consultations on the national dialogue process with local residents in the area.

Deputy Head of Abyei Administrative Area, Kon Manyieth Matiok, told Radio Tamazuj on Friday that the national dialogue subcommittee had arrived in Agok area where it conducted a series of meetings with representatives of youth, women and chiefs.

Sudan and South Sudan are disputing the oil-rich Abyei, an area inhabited by Sudan's Arab Misseryia tribe and South Sudan's Ngok Dinka tribe.

In October 2013, the Ngok Dinka tribe conducted a unilateral popular referendum, in which the vast majority of people voted to join South Sudan. However, neither Sudan nor South Sudan recognized the plebiscite so far.