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27.03.2012 Sudan

Sudan accuses S. Sudan of hatred, deceit: report

By AFP
Southern President Salva Kiir.  By Isaac Billy AFPUNFileSouthern President Salva Kiir. By Isaac Billy (AFP/UN/File)
27.03.2012 LISTEN

KHARTOUM, Sudan (AFP) - Sudan on Tuesday accused South Sudan of hatred and deceit and said it had suspended a proposed April 3 summit meeting between President Omar al-Bashir and his southern counterpart.

Comments by the South's leader, Salva Kiir, that his military forces had taken the northern oil centre of Heglig "reflected extreme hatred to Sudan and its people and the armed forces," the official SUNA news agency said, citing Information Minister Abdullah Ali Massar.

The South had engaged in "deceptive and misleading acts" when it signed accords with Khartoum at African Union-led talks in Ethiopia, and when it sent a delegation to Khartoum last week to invite Bashir to the summit, said Massar.

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