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"en.20120523.17.3-379-000"2
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"Mr President, following the referendum and the secession of South Sudan, relations between the two countries are far from normal. International observers have, for some time, been following the growing conflict between Sudan and South Sudan regarding the oil-rich border region. Guerrilla fighting is ongoing in the border areas. Issues relating to oil transit fees, border demarcation and the legal status of people living in the border areas have still not been resolved.
As an observer of the 2011 referendum on the division of Sudan, I would like to express my deep regret at the current situation. People have been persecuted and killed, often brutally, in this conflict, and tens of thousands of people have already had to leave their homes and flee. According to the UN Refugee Agency, there are over 150 000 people in refugee camps.
The international community, which monitored the referendum process and the creation of a new state, should strive ceaselessly for a peaceful end to the present dispute, in accordance with the road map which was adopted, and should look for solutions that will convince the governments of both countries to begin peace negotiation. The European Union, which upholds the values of peace, democracy and human rights, must make every effort to achieve actual peace, and not just peace on paper."@en1
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