{{Presidents Omer Al-Bashir and Salva Kiir discussed Friday evening in Addis Ababa issues related to oil flow, rebel groups and Abyei, among reports that Khartoum asked to allow its troops to pursue rebels inside South Sudan.}}
The two leaders met for the last time in Juba where the two leaders reiterated their commitment to the signed agreement and pledged to resolve issues of Abyei, and disputed border zones.
However, Sudan accused some circles in Juba of continuing their support to rebel groups and dispatched its foreign minister Ali Karti to hand a presidential message to president Kiir.
The latter last Monday disclosed that it included a demand to close business offices managed by rebel groups.
During the two-hour meeting, Sudanese president reiterated his demand that Juba should stop its alleged support to the rebel groups.
Foreign minister Karti who participated in the meeting said the issue was expensively tackled during by the two presidents. He added that Bashir “strongly” expressed his position on the matter.
He further said that president Kiir reiterated his commitment to not allow any support to rebel groups in South Kordofan, Blue Nile or Darfur.
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