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Col. Philip Aguer, South Sudan’s army Spokesperson told Gurtong that the team held several talks with several security authorities including ex-militia groups who recently surrendered to Juba.
“They came and convened meetings and they proceeded to Khartoum,” Aguer said.
He said the South Sudan authorities availed them with the necessary evidence Juba has for its claim that Khartoum is backing rebels fighting President Salva Kiir’s government.
The Spokesperson at the South Sudan’s Ministry of Defense Mach Paul Kuol had said South Sudan has substantial evidence on its claim that Sudan is backing rebels fighting its government in Juba.
He said the evidence include written materials, video footage and intercepted messages that were obtained from the leaders of the different militia groups fighting the Juba government and have now surrendered.
Because of these trade accusations, Sudan last month has threatened to shut South Sudan oil flowing through its territory.
The AIM was last week launched by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Tedros Adhanom, representing the Chair of IGAD, and the Commissioner for Peace and Security, Ramtane Lamamra, representing the Commission of the African Union.
It is comprised of three senior military officers led by Maj. Gen. Rt. Julius Olakunle and joined by Brigadier-General Luis InacioMuxito and Brig. Gen. Jean Baptiste.
It was objectively established to address persistent allegations made by Sudan and South Sudan that the other state was supporting and harboring armed rebel movements which aimed either to overthrow the Government, or to cause mayhem and destruction, with untold humanitarian consequences for the civilian population.
The mistrust caused by such allegations has jeopardized the implementation of the Addis Ababa Agreements signed on 27 September 2013, as well as the normalization of relations between the two states.
The Commission of the African Union and the Chair of IGAD had called on both states to cooperate fully and unconditionally with the Mechanism as it carries out its work to ascertain the facts of these allegations.
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