South Sudan has strongly condemned an attack which it says Sudan’s military carried out on its territory on Wednesday, calling for the immediate intervention of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC).
Addressing a news conference on Thursday, Barnaba Benjamin Marial, South Sudan’s information minister said the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) on Wednesday carried out aerial bombardments in Kitkit, located 119km north of Raja town in Western Bahr el Ghazal state.
Despite attack, South Sudan’s president Salva Kiir will still attend a meeting with his Sudanese counterpart Omar al-Bashir in Addis Ababa on Friday, Marial said.
Diplomats are pessimistic that the summit will be able to resolve the many issues causing tension between the two nations, including oil, border disputes security, and citizenship.
The South Sudan army (SPLA) was able to repulse a ground attack launched by the Sudanese forces, the minster said, adding that it was the aerial bombardment which injured innocent civilians in the area.
“We are still waiting for the details on the casualties among the civilian population in the area. However, on behalf of the Government of South Sudan, we strongly condemn this unprovoked and unwanted attack on the innocent civilians in that area,” Marial said at the press conference in Juba.
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