Præsident Bashir vil have – mange – penge på bordet, ellers truer han med at lukke for Sydsudans vigtigste eksportvare, olien
Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir has threatened to shut pipelines carrying landlocked South Sudan’s oil to the sea if a deal on oil is not reached before the new nation secedes (løsriver sig) in July, BBC online reports Wednesday.
He said either the south could continue to hand over half of its oil revenue to the north, or it could pay for using the north’s oil infrastructure. Mr Bashir warned that if neither was accepted, he would block the pipeline.
Three-quarters of Sudan’s oil is in the south, but most pipelines, refineries and the main port are in the north.
Southerners voted for independence in a referendum in January.
President Bashir made his threat in a speech at a rally in Port Sudan – the main oil export terminal – which was broadcast on national television.
Oil accounts for about 98 per cent of the south’s income, so any reduction in the oil flow would be disastrous.
The government of South Sudan has floated the idea of building a new pipeline through Kenya or Uganda, but this could take three years.
Talks are continuing between northern and southern Sudan about oil and other vital pre-independence issues, including citizenship and the disputed border region of Abyei.
Last month, the northern army seized control of the disputed region of Abyei, but a deal was reached on Monday which will see it withdraw and be replaced by Ethiopian peacekeepers.
A new report published by the House of Lords, the UK’s upper chamber of parliament, titled “The EU and Sudan: on the Brink of Change”, says that in the last six years the south has received around 11 billion US dollar (55 milliarder DKR) from its oil so far, but there is little to show for these revenues.
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