DHAKA: Sudan and South Sudan agreed on Monday during a visit to Juba by president Omar al-Bashir to consider setting up a joint force to protect vital oilfields.

Sudan’s foreign minister said, reports The Straits Times.

‘Sudan and South Sudan are in consultations about the deployment of a mixed force to protect the oilfields in the South,’ Ali Ahmed Karti said, adding that Juba had come up with the proposal.

BDST: 2111 HRS, JAN 06, 2014
Edited by Robab Rosan, Current Affairs Editor