The defence ministers of Sudan and South Sudan are set to meet in the Ethiopian capital on Monday to discuss border security, a South Sudanese official said. "The extraordinary meeting will discuss the establishment of the various mechanism, including the joint border verification and monitoring mechanism and the establishment of the safe border demilitarized zone," Juba's chief negotiator Pagan Amum told AFP on Saturday.
Delegations from both countries are in the Ethiopian capital for the first face-to-face talks since deadly fighting along the disputed border in recent weeks brought the foes back to the brink of war. The United Nations and the African Union (AU) have given the two sides until August 2 to resolve a number of issues, including border demarcation, oil exporting and citizenship issues.
At the close of the fifth day of the AU-led talks, Amum said both sides had agreed to implement the AU and UN-promoted peace plan. "We are happy that the parties and the panel have agreed to a plan of action to fully implement the (UN) Security Council resolution 2046 as well as the African Union roadmap," Amum said.
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