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February 8, 2017 (KHARTOUM) The Joint Border Commission (JBC) between Sudan and South Sudan will meet in Addis Ababa in April to
settlethedifferencesbetweenthetwosides,saidJBCCochair

JBC Cochair Abdallah alSadiq told the semiofficial Sudan Media Center (SMC)
Wednesday that 80% of the 2,400 kilometers borders between the two countries have
beenmarkedonpaper.

He pointed that the JBC continues to meet in Addis Ababa to resolve issues hindering
thedemarcationprocessandidentificationofthebaselineforthedemilitarizedsecurity
zone(zeroline),sayingthecommitteeconsistoffivemembersfromeachside.

Claimed and disputed areas of the Sudan and South Sudan border include Abyei, 14
Mile area, Joudat AlFakhar, Jebel alMigainais, Kaka, and Kafia Kingi enclave (Hofrat
alNahas).

SinceSouthSudansindependencetheagreedborderbetweenthetwocountriesisnot
yetdemarcated(markedontheground).Also,talksbetweenthetwosidescontinueto
delimittheremaining20%disputedboundary. A South Sudanese girl looks on near a shelter in
alGhanaa village in the Jableen locality in
In September 2012, both Sudan and South Sudan signed a series of cooperationSudans White Nile State, as refugees arrive from
agreements,whichcoveredoil,citizenshiprights,securityissues,banking,bordertradethe South Sudanese war zones of Malakal and al
amongothers. Rank via the Joda border, January 17, 2014
(REUTERS/MohamedNureldinAbdallah)
InMarch2013,thetwocountriessignedanimplementationmatrixforthesecooperation
agreements.However,theexecutionoftheagreementsdidntgoaccordingtotheplan.

SouthSudansecededfromSudanonJuly9th2011followingareferendumonwhetherthesemiautonomousregionshouldremainapartofthe
countryorbecomeindependent.99%ofthesouthernvoterschoseindependence.

RelationsbetweenthetwonationssouredafterSouthSudansindependencefollowingaseriesofdisputesoveranumberofissues.

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