{{The Sudanese president Omer Hassan al-Bashir has toughened his stance toward his country\u2019s ongoing post-secession negotiations with South Sudan saying that they have no more concessions to offer.}}<\/p>\n
In remarks at a hospital inauguration in Khartoum, Bashir stressed that previous agreements signed with Juba are not subject to revisions or change and they must be implemented as signed.<\/p>\n
“We handed the South [Sudanese] a fully sovereign state but rather than focus on building their state they have become devoted to creating conflicts,” the Sudanese president said.<\/p>\n
“We are advocates of peace but peace will not be at any cost. We have given everything and we do not have anything new to offer” Bashir added.<\/p>\n
The two countries have been negotiating for years over issues such as borders, Abyei, oil and citizenship with little progress despite regional and international pressure.<\/p>\n
Last September they signed a number of cooperation deals that would allow for resumption of oil exports from landlocked South Sudan through Sudan\u2019s pipelines.<\/p>\n
But Sudan is insisting that security arrangements be agreed upon and that Juba halts its alleged support to anti-Khartoum rebels before it allows oil exports to flow again through its territory.<\/p>\n
Khartoum has long accused South Sudan of supporting the Sudan People Liberation Movement North (SPLM-N) insurgents fighting in two Sudanese states bordering South Sudan – as well as other rebels in the western Darfur region. Juba denies the charges.<\/p>\n
Delegations from the two countries are scheduled to meet next week in the Ethiopian capital to discuss security issues.<\/p>\n
In a related issue, Sudan\u2019s ruling National Congress Party (NCP) said it is discussing the African Union Peace and security Council (AUPSC) demand that Khartoum negotiates directly with SPLM-N.<\/p>\n
Sudan has rejected talks with SPLM-N and scrapped an AU brokered framework agreement in June 2011 it signed with the rebel group.<\/p>\n
Hasabu Abdel-Rahman, the NCP deputy political secretary, said that no talks are possible without South Sudan severing links with SPLM-N in the two border states, which Khartoum still refer to as the 9th and 10th division of the SPLA – the former southern rebels who are now the official military of the Republic of South Sudan.<\/p>\n
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