Wed, 20 Jan 2010
Sudan President Omar al-Bashir says that his government will accept secession of southern Sudan if southerners were to vote for independence in a referendum.
The referendum to be held next year is part of the 2005 peace deal which brought to an end more than a decade of civil war.
Addressing a ceremony marking the end of the north-south war, President Bashir pointed out that his Northern Congress Party (NCP) was reluctant for the south to secede.
"But if the result of the referendum is separation, then we in the NCP will be the first to take note of this decision and to support it," he added.
President Bashir struck an unusually conciliatory tone in the speech, which has been well received, analysts said.
"The north and south will continue to be economically and politically connected, whatever the choice of the people of southern Sudan," he noted.
Source: PressTV.
Link: http://edition.presstv.ir/detail/116625.html.
Sudan President Omar al-Bashir says that his government will accept secession of southern Sudan if southerners were to vote for independence in a referendum.
The referendum to be held next year is part of the 2005 peace deal which brought to an end more than a decade of civil war.
Addressing a ceremony marking the end of the north-south war, President Bashir pointed out that his Northern Congress Party (NCP) was reluctant for the south to secede.
"But if the result of the referendum is separation, then we in the NCP will be the first to take note of this decision and to support it," he added.
President Bashir struck an unusually conciliatory tone in the speech, which has been well received, analysts said.
"The north and south will continue to be economically and politically connected, whatever the choice of the people of southern Sudan," he noted.
Source: PressTV.
Link: http://edition.presstv.ir/detail/116625.html.
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