21 October, 2024: Sudan and South Sudan stressed the need to remove obstacles to the resumption of South Sudan’s oil exports through Sudanese territory.
This was after the Chairman of Sudan’s Transitional Sovereignty Council and General Commander of the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan met with South Sudan’s Presidential Adviser on National Security, Tut Gatluak, in Port Sudan, the capital of the Red Sea state, on Sunday. came in eastern Sudan, the news agency reported.
“All the technical teams of both countries are ready to increase production and ensure the flow of oil through the Sudanese port of Bashir,” Gatluak said in a statement, highlighting South Sudan’s readiness to implement the agreement with the Sudanese government.
A meeting between the energy and petroleum ministries of the two countries is expected in this regard, Gatluak said, adding, “Oil is the lifeline for the people of both countries.”
In March, the Sudanese government announced the suspension of South Sudan’s oil exports through Sudanese fields due to a fault in transportation lines.
According to Sudanese officials, the fault was the result of a blockage in an underground pipeline located north of Sudan’s White Nile state, an area controlled by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
The meeting followed the previous one in early June.
