ETHIOPIA / SUDAN TALKS

Republic of South Sudan president-elect Salva Kiir met with Sudan's president Omar Al Bashir on Saturday in Addis Ababa where they agreed to continue with discussions of unresolved CPA issues after the independence celebrations. UNMIS

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:01:43
• Production Date: 5 July 2011
• Asset Language: Original
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS ASSISTANCE MISSION IN SUDAN - UNMIS
• Subject Topical: POLITICAL AFFAIRS; LAW; INTERNATIONAL LAW; POLITICAL CONDITIONS; POLITICAL CONDITIONS; POLITICAL MOVEMENTS; INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; PEACE AND SECURITY; DISARMAMENT
• Geographic Subject: SUDAN
• MAMS Id: U110705b

Description

STORY: ETHIOPIA / SUDAN TALKS
TRT: 1:43
SOURCE: UNMIS
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGES: ARABIC/ NATS

Shotlist

DATELINE: 4 JULY 2011, ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA

1. Wide shot, exterior, IGAD Summit
2. Pan right, Salva Kiir enters the room
3. Various shots, Omar al-Bashir sitting down for meeting
4. Various shots, Kiir sitting down
5. Med shot, chairman welcoming attendees
6. Various shots, principals
7. Wide shot, conference room
8. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Salva Kiir, President of Southern Sudan:
“We have come to this meeting to touch base and talk about the relationship between the North and the South – and relationships between our communities.”
9. Med shot, Kiir and al Bashir shaking hands
10. Wide shot, principals leaving the meeting

Storyline

Sudan’s leader Omar al-Bashir and Southern Sudan’s Salva Kiir have agreed to continue discussions on unresolved Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) issues after South Sudan’s independence celebrations on 9 July.

At an Inter-Governmental Authority on Development in Eastern Africa (IGAD) meeting in Addis Ababa on Monday, 4 July, the two leaders met and agreed that they would proceed with a series of talks which include the fate of the disputed oil-rich Abyei region, border demarcation and ways of sharing oil revenues.

Their decision was read in an IGAD communiqué which also called on the African Union High Implementation Panel (AUHIP) to continue engaging both parties towards resolving the pending CPA issues.

The two leaders also met with Thabo Mbeki, the Chairman of the AUHIP.

Southern Sudan will be declaring its independence on 9 July, a split which comes after residents of southern Sudan voted overwhelmingly for secession in a referendum negotiated in 2005.

SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Salva Kiir, President of Southern Sudan:
“We have come to this meeting to touch base and talk about the relationship between the North and the South – and relationships between our communities.”

Southern Sudan’s Salva Kiir is expected to be sworn in as President of South Sudan which will be Africa’s 54th state.