North and south sudan agree to allow ethiopian peacekeepers in abyei

[PasserBy]

United States praises Ethiopia for its willingness to deploy peacekeepers in Sudan - Video

 

The following is a brief statement made in today's state department daily briefing. The United States said Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi played a critical role to bring stability and peace between North and South Sudan. Below is an excerpt from today's briefing.

 

MS. NULAND: Good afternoon, everybody. I have one brief statement before we get started with your questions.

 

The United States welcomes the agreement signed today between the Sudanese Government and the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement on the withdrawal of Sudanese military forces from Abyei and the deployment of the Ethiopian peacekeepers to maintain security in the area. This agreement is a very important first step and we urge the parties to move quickly now to implement it and translate it into immediate concrete improvements in the security and humanitarian situation on the ground, including the swift deployment of the Ethiopian forces so that we can amplify the peacekeeping force in Abyei. We particularly applaud the efforts of the African Union high-level implementation panel with its chairman President Thabo Mbeki on securing this agreement.

 

We also recognize the critical role played by Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles and appreciate Ethiopia’s willingness to give peacekeepers. This agreement also comes after an extremely intense U.S. diplomatic effort in response to the Abyei crisis. As you will have seen, the President issued a very strong statement over the weekend calling on the parties to choose peace. Secretary of State Clinton was in Addis Ababa last week where she met with both parties. She made phone calls to both parties over the weekend as well, also urging them to choose peace. And of course, our own Ambassador Princeton Lyman has been in constant motion to secure this agreement over the last couple of weeks.

 

But the work is obviously not done; violence continues in Southern Kordofan, and we continue to call on the CPA parties to immediately end the ongoing conflict in Southern Kordofan to provide unfettered access to humanitarian aid workers and to provide the needed assistance to those innocents affected in the conflict region.

 

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[PasserBy]

Perhaps Somaliland and Puntland should let Ethiopian Peacekeepers in SSC area.

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[Leezu]

Do they need Ethiopian Peacekeepers? Ethiopia is already moving freely inside Somalia. The last thing Somalia needs is a fake Ethiopian peacekeeping force, what Somalia need is Ethiopia to get off its business.