Sudan and South Sudan signed a series of security agreements, including immediate re-deployment of joint military forces along the Safe Demilitarized Border Zone (SDBZ), and approved a plan to stop supporting and harboring rebels as well as open the crossings points, Sudan Tribune reported Monday.

Sudan’s Foreign Minister Ibrahim Ghandour told reporters that the Joint Political and Security Committee (JPSC) agreed to enforce all the concluded agreements on the buffer zone, flexible border and to stop supporting rebel groups.

"With regard to the support of rebel groups, specifics will be enforced by the security services concerned of both countries".

South Sudan’s defence minister Kuol Manyang Juuk said the two governments will immediately start enforcing the agreed decisions.

He further stressed the need to reach negotiated solutions to end tensions on the border areas.

"The rebel movements are a reality and their problem must be solved so that peace will prevail between the two countries," said Juuk adding "This problem will be resolved soon."

Among the signed documents, the parties agreed to send separate reports to the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) which will participate in the JBVMM and the African Union High-Level Implementation Panel (AUHIP) which brokered the deal.

They also agreed that the border crossing point committee will meet in Juba within the next two weeks to determine the dates and procedures for the opening of the 10 points. They will also demand the African Union to send the needed technical teams to implement the deal.

They also agreed to establish three consulates on the demilitarized border areas.

Source: MENA