20 May 2011
New Yrok — UN chief Ban Ki-moon condemned on Friday the attack carried on UNMIS peacekeepers while they were escorting northern Sudanese troops in the flashpoint Abyei border area.
A convoy of UN peacekeepers on Thursday evening was escorting 200 troops of Joint Integrated Units of the Sudan Armed Forces, as part of the deployment plan agreed to by the parties.
Sudanese army criticized the silence of the UNMIS over the identity of the attackers and accused the northern Sudanese army of being responsible of this aggression over its troops.
UN “Secretary-General strongly condemns the attack against an UNMIS (United Nations Mission in Sudan) escort convoy on 19 May 2011 in Abyei” said a press statement released by his spokesperson.
Ban Ki-moon termed the attack as ” criminal act against the United Nations” but did not identify the assailants forces. He just said it was also a serious breach of agreements signed between the parties, in reference to the Kadugli and Abyei agreement signed in January and March between the SAF and the SPLA.
He further called on “the parties” to probe the ambush on the UN and Sudanese troops and bring responsible to justice and voiced concern over the troop movements into Abyei district.
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