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"Mr President, it is well known that Sudan has been fought over almost without interruption since the end of colonial times. As well as the major disputes of north versus south, there are continual armed inter-ethnic and internecine disputes. Smaller conflicts over water or land rights, cattle theft, rape and kidnap escalate all too easily in Sudan. Peace talks will certainly not be easy in this country, where entire generations have grown up without basic services, with violence the only way they know to resolve conflicts; where a word given today is generally already broken the next day. Even if the African Union special envoy succeeds in getting peace talks resumed, the military status in the border area will undoubtedly remain a stumbling block. Even should a peaceful solution succeed, there will remain enormous potential for conflict.
That is why it is all the more important to restore basic services as a measure to accompany peace. In the long term, the country’s oil wealth needs to be utilised to achieve a fair distribution of power and resources and to drive forward the process of democratisation. However, I believe that the EU aid granted for this should also serve European interests. Following the Chinese model, development aid could be linked to supplies of natural resources. The huge reserves of crude oil in Southern Sudan could play an important role in Europe’s oil supply in the future.
As regards EU aid to South Sudan, the problem of illegal migration into the Union must not be disregarded either. That is why I feel that appropriate readmission agreements should be negotiated."@en1
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