Leader of the former rebel Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) Salva Kiir Mayardit denied on Thursday any intention of the movement to carry out military buildup in southern Sudan.
Following a meeting with Sudanese Minister of Defense Abdul- Rahim Mohammed Hussein, Mayardit told reporters that he had made an official denial on the report during his meeting with Hussein.
"What has been rumored on the military buildup is not right, " said Mayardit, who is also the first vice president of the Sudanese Government of National Unity and the president of the Government of South Sudan.
"We met today for denying the report and assuring the Sudanese people that we are able to settle all the differences," the SPLM leader added.
The Sudanese defense minister described his meeting with the SPLM leader as "positive and good," saying that the two sides had reiterated their commitments to implementation of all items of the peace agreement and solving any dispute through the existing mechanisms.
SPLM announced on Oct. 11 the suspension of its participation in the central government, endangering the peace agreement it signed with the Khartoum government in 2005.
The suspension escalated tensions between Khartoum and southern Sudan, posing the most serious political crisis for the Sudanese Government of National Unity since it was established in September 2005.
Sudanese Vice President Ali Osman Mohammed Taha, from the ruling National Congress Party (NCP), accused on Sunday the SPLM of building up military forces along the boundaries between north and south Sudan.
Source: Xinhua
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