Sudanese Forces to Withdraw From Abyei Region, Mbeki Says
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Northern and Southern Sudan agreed today to withdraw their forces from the disputed border region of Abyei and the United Nations Security Council prepared to authorize deployment of Ethiopian peacekeepers.
“The agreement provides for demilitarization of Abyei, so the Sudan forces that are there will pull out and be redeployed out of Abyei, as well as any other military force,” former South African President Thabo Mbeki, who negotiated the agreement as head of the African Union’s High-Level Implementation Panel on Sudan, told reporters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.