New York: The United Nation Security Council (UNSC) has called for an “immediate” ceasefire between Sudan and South Sudan amid escalating border tensions and growing fears of an all-out war between the two neighbours.
A statement released collectively by the 15 members of the council and read out by Washington’s UN envoy Susan Rice on Thursday, expressed “deep and growing alarm at the escalating conflict.”
The council further demanded a “complete, immediate and unconditional end to all fighting … aerial bombardments… cross-border violence.”
The conflict between the two neighbours has broken out since South Sudan seceded from Sudan in July, 2011.
Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir had earlier on Thursday accused South Sudan of seeking to provoke a war.
“Our brothers in South Sudan have chosen the path of war, implementing plans dictated by foreign parties who supported them during the civil war,” Bashir said.
South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir has, meanwhile, said that his troops will not withdraw from the border region. In addition, Kiir threatened to seize the oil region of Abyei on the border with Sudan if the United Nations failed to pressure Sudanese forces out of the area.
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