{The director of Sudan\u2019s National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS), Mohamed Atta, said they have endured the support of South Sudan to Sudanese rebels for a long-time and threatened to pursue them \u201canywhere\u201d.}<\/p>\n
Sudan and South Sudan trade accusations of support to rebel groups from both sides although Khartoum and Juba signed agreements which state that each side must refrain from supporting rebels from the other country.<\/p>\n
Atta, who addressed the pro-government militia Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Nyala on Friday, warned neighbouring countries particularly South Sudan of the consequences of harbouring Sudanese rebels, saying \u201cthe Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the RSF will pursue rebels everywhere.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cKhartoum has endured the support rendered by South Sudan to rebels for long-time out of respect for the neighbourly ties and the peace agreement but it is high time to pursue rebels who attack our country everywhere,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
Last November, South Sudanese authorities accused the Sudanese army of bombing Western Bahr el Ghazal\u2019s Raja county. But the Sudan Armed Forces didn\u2019t react to these claims.<\/p>\n
Sources said SAF were targeting a camp of the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) in the area. Khartoum last April formally accused Juba of using the Darfurian rebel group to fight insurgents led by the former vice-president Riek Machar.<\/p>\n
Officials in Juba also accuse Khartoum of backing the rebellion in the border states.<\/p>\n
The defence minister, Abdel-Rahim Mohamed Hussein, for his part, said the preparations of SAF and the RSF send a serious message to rebels and their collaborators inside Sudan and abroad.<\/p>\n
He renewed rejection to demands of those who he called \u201cenemies of Sudan\u201d to dissolve the army, police and security and to cancel Shari\u2019a law, saying the army and the regular forces are capable of defending the country.<\/p>\n
Hussein who addressed the 16th infantry division in South Darfur state added they are ready to sacrifice their souls for the sake of defending Shari\u2019s law.<\/p>\n
He underscored that time has come to crush rebellion \u201cso that people could devote themselves for development and reconstruction\u201d.<\/p>\n
The defence minister further emphasised that the second phase of the Decisive Summer campaign will end rebellion in all battlefronts, reiterating that SAF will not abandon \u201can inch\u201d of the country\u2019s territory.<\/p>\n
Hussein praised the effective role played by RSF alongside the SAF in the battlefields, stressing the SRF is a \u201cred line that we wouldn\u2019t tolerate any one to cross it\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cFollowing this majestic scenery which pleases our friends and vexes our enemies, I shall report to the president of the republic the readiness of SAF and the other regular forces to eradicate rebellion and declare the beginning of the second phase of the Decisive Summer campaign\u201d, he said.<\/p>\n
This month, military clashes escalated between the army and Sudan People Liberation Movement North (SPLM-N) in South Kordofan following the collapse of the 9th round of peace talks between the two sides in Addis Ababa.<\/p>\n
SAF has been battling the rebel SPLM-N in South Kordofan since 2011 besides launching attacks in spaced intervals against several rebel groups in Darfur since 2003.<\/p>\n
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