Sudanese army announces end of military operations in Abyei

The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) announced finish of military operations in Abyei region immediately after controlling it last week, reported Sudanese dailies on Sunday.

"The circumstance within the region is back to standard," Khartoum's Al Ray Al Am day-to-day quoted Al-Sawarmy Khalid Saad, SAF spokesman, as saying in a statement.

He named on members of Mesiria and Dinka Nkok tribes to return to the town and resume their usual life, in accordance with the report.

The SAF, in its statement, vowed to safeguard all relief and humanitarian operations from the nearby and international organizations and to supply standard services for the citizens from the area.

On May perhaps 21, the SAF controlled the country's disputed oil-rich location of Abyei in response to an attack by the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) against a SAF convoy, which resulted in killings of 22 SAF soldiers.

The Abyei events prompted concerns more than possibility that north and south Sudan would return to war once again just just a little additional than 1 month prior to south Sudan would officially be declared independent on July 9.

Within the meantime, Vice President of south Sudan government Riek Machar began talks in Khartoum with Sudanese Vice President Ali Osman Mohamed Taha to reach a resolution concerning the dispute over Abyei.

The Sudan ruling National Congress Party (NCP) earlier said it was prepared to negotiate with south Sudan government regarding the Abyei location.

NCP official in charge of the Abyei file Al-Dirdiry Mohamed Ahmed told reporters that the government was open for dialogue and that the African Union would hold a meeting in between the two parties to the dispute in Addis Ababa on Sunday to resolve the conflict.

A referendum on Abyei was supposed to become held on Jan. 9, 2011, coincident using the south Sudan referendum, nevertheless it was postponed within the wake of a distinction between the NCP as well as the SPLM over who has the appropriate to vote in the referendum.

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