Mbeki: Khartoum and Juba agreed to resume oil exportation

Chairman of the African Union High-Level Implementation Panel for Sudan and former President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, announced that Sudan and South Sudan have agreed on issuing directives for resumption of oil exportation of South Sudan oil through the Sudanese territories within two weeks. Head of Sudan delegation for the negotiations, Idris Abdul-Gadir, has signed with his counterpart of South Sudan State, Bagan Amum, a timetable for resuming oil pumping after four day from the negotiations sponsored by the African Union in Addis Ababa. Mbeki told press men in Addis Ababa that instructions will be given to the companies to resume work within two weeks.