Yasir Saeed Arman, the secretary-general of the Sudan People’s Liberation Army-North (SPLA-N) has confirmed the movement’s readiness to support the creation of the Safe Demilitarized Zone between Sudan and South Sudan.

According to the website of the Sudan Revolutionary Front (SRF), a delegation headed by Malik Agar met last Saturday with the Ethiopian Prime Minister Haile Mariam Dessalinge and the ad hoc investigation committee in Ethiopia.

In a press statement in Addis Ababa, Arman claimed that the Sudan Revolutionary Front controls 40% of the international boundary between the two Sudans. He further expressed their willingness to support the demilitarized zone.

“Especially, the command of the international monitoring forces is located at Thuruji area which is controlled by the Sudan People’s Liberation Army-North,” he explained.