The two partners of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA), the National Congress and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM), agreed on acceptance and recognition of the election results as soon as the National Elections Commission (NEC) announces them.
The two partners agreed on respecting the NEC decisions and results of appeals before the courts, stressing the importance of maintaining the peace and calmness.

The two parties agreed at a joint meeting held Tuesday in Juba by the Chairman of Sudan People's Liberation ( SPLM), Salva Kiir, and DeputyChairman of the National Congress for Executive Affairs, Ali Osman Mohamed Taha, on speeding up the formation of the new government at the level of the federal Government and the Government of Southern Sudan.

Meanwhile, Taha said in a statement to the press at Juba Airport that the two parties stressed the commitment to implement the requirements of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA), top of which are demarcation of the borders, completing the formation of the commissions and preparing for the referendum on self determination for south Sudan.

Meanwhile, the two sides reiterated commitment to hold the referendum on the fixed time and to work tfor making it free and to reflect the belief of citizens of south Sudan.

Taha stressed that the two partners agreed to put forward the option of unity and to work forto rendering it attractive to the people of south Sudan.

Taha said that we the National Congress confirm to Salva Kiir the personal commitment of President Al-Bashir to do his best to consolidate the unity, carry out all its projects and to implement linking projects such as roads and communications besides projects of economic return.

Taha added that his visit to Juba came within the framework of the ongoing consultations between Juba and Khartoum and to follow up the results of the elections and to prepare for the coming stage, describing his meeting with Kiir as positive and addressed the progress of the election process.

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The two partners of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA), the National Congress and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM), agreed on acceptance and recognition of the election results as soon as the National Elections Commission (NEC) announces them.
The two partners agreed on respecting the NEC decisions and results of appeals before the courts, stressing the importance of maintaining the peace and calmness.

The two parties agreed at a joint meeting held Tuesday in Juba by the Chairman of Sudan People's Liberation ( SPLM), Salva Kiir, and DeputyChairman of the National Congress for Executive Affairs, Ali Osman Mohamed Taha, on speeding up the formation of the new government at the level of the federal Government and the Government of Southern Sudan.

Meanwhile, Taha said in a statement to the press at Juba Airport that the two parties stressed the commitment to implement the requirements of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA), top of which are demarcation of the borders, completing the formation of the commissions and preparing for the referendum on self determination for south Sudan.

Meanwhile, the two sides reiterated commitment to hold the referendum on the fixed time and to work tfor making it free and to reflect the belief of citizens of south Sudan.

Taha stressed that the two partners agreed to put forward the option of unity and to work forto rendering it attractive to the people of south Sudan.

Taha said that we the National Congress confirm to Salva Kiir the personal commitment of President Al-Bashir to do his best to consolidate the unity, carry out all its projects and to implement linking projects such as roads and communications besides projects of economic return.

Taha added that his visit to Juba came within the framework of the ongoing consultations between Juba and Khartoum and to follow up the results of the elections and to prepare for the coming stage, describing his meeting with Kiir as positive and addressed the progress of the election process.

I have never taken an especial interest in the Sudan. Last night, sad old git that I am, I watched the 1966 film 'Khartoum' with Charlton Heston and Lawrence Olivier. Brilliant film, but you are never sure how historically accurate such films are, and having had my interest piqued, I spent a couple of hours reading about the history of this tragic country since the 1860s. 150 years of strife and internal unrest, interspersed with short periods of uneasy peace, caused primarily by South Sudan's refusal to be subjected to the Muslim fundamentalism and Sharia law of the North. In recent years it is estimated that up to 1.2m Sudanese have died as a result of the civil war and over 3m have been made homeless.

It now seems that for the first time in a century and a half, there is a realistic prospect of peace, as long of course, as President Al-Bashir doesn't declare a state of emergency two days before the referendum in S. Sudan takes place, as he did last time.

I wish the country and its inhabitants well. Religion has a lot to answer for.