[url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-19122861[/url]
[quote=BBC News][B]Sudan has struck a deal with South Sudan over oil payments in a dispute that brought to the two countries to the brink of war.[/B]
A spokesman from Sudan said a "reasonable understanding" had been reached, but that more further on security were needed.
South Sudan stopped oil production in January in a row over transit fees it should pay to Khartoum.
It is not clear when South Sudan will resume pumping oil.
The two countries have held three weeks of talks in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa.
Sudan's state news agency, quoting the spokesman of the Sudanese team, confirmed the agreement but gave no details.
The spokesman, Mutrif Sidiq, said that the implementation of the agreement would begin after an understanding on security issues was reached.
The dispute has severely affected the economies of both countries. The agreement is expected to see South Sudan compensate Khartoum for the loss of billions of dollars of oil revenues when it seceded in 2011.
According to AP, South Sudan's government has said that it will pay approximately $9.48 a barrel to transport its fuel through Sudan's pipelines.
The agreement will last for 3.5 years, after which the deal will be renegotiated, the agency says.
South Sudan is working towards building a pipeline through Kenya, a move that would end the country's dependence on Sudan.
[B]Economic woes[/B]
Earlier, former South African president and African Union mediator Thabo Mbeki said all outstanding issues had been resolved.
"The parties have agreed on all of the financial arrangements regarding oil," he told reporters in Addis Ababa, where the African Union Peace and Security Council was meeting.
"What will remain, given that there is an agreement, is to then discuss the next steps as to when the oil companies should be asked to prepare for resumption of production and export."
When South Sudan seceded from the north in 2011, it took three-quarters of Sudan's oil with it.
The dispute over how much South Sudan should pay Khartoum to transport oil resulted in South Sudan suspending all oil production and accusing its neighbour of stealing its exports.
The two countries came close to all-out war in April, when South Sudanese troops briefly occupied the disputed oil-rich border area of Heglig.
The deal comes hours after US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, on a visit to Juba, urged the two Sudans to strike a deal.
A United Nations deadline for the neighbouring countries to resolve their differences expired on Thursday.[/quote]
Well done.
Are you guys sure it wouldn't be better if USA or Russia or somebody else [I]liberated[/I] you?
I am pretty sure handling all that oil is really tiring
[QUOTE=Awesomecaek;37082978]Are you guys sure it wouldn't be better if USA or Russia or somebody else [I]liberated[/I] you?
I am pretty sure handling all that oil is really tiring[/QUOTE]
You would have thought they would have started a WMD programme by now to attract potential international action. Oooh no, they don't even want a UN sanction.
Pathetic.
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