Khartoum Redeploys 66% of it Troops from South Sudan
July 8, 2007 (KHARTOUM) — The Sudanese armed forces have withdrawn 66% of its troops from southern Sudan, while the SPLM contests the demobilization of other nine thousand of pro-Sudanese army militias.
In a press statement on the status of redeployment of Sudanese army and SPLM troops, the Ceasefire Joint Monitoring Committee (CJMC), announced today that Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) have redeployed a total of 30.837 troops North of line 1-1-56.
The deployed troops represent 66.5% of the 46.403 initially stated figure.
The CJMC statement said that the SPLM contests the status of further 8919 men “voluntarily demobilized” by SAF. The disagreement is submitted to the Ceasefire Political Commission (CPC). The Sudanese army has to present their detailed nominal rolls by 23rd July 2007.
On June 23, the SAF said it has absorbed 680 of the officers, non-commissioned officers and men from the Other Armed Groups (OAGs). It also said that 574 OAGs are absorbed in the police, while 2132 men have been demobilized. It was also said that a considerable number of the OAGs were absorbed in the civil service.
The Sudan Armed Forces spokesman, Osman al-Aghbash, said the Armed Forces will begin redeploying its final batch from the south to northern Sudan on July 9. Al-Aghbash told the Armed Forces newspaper that about 3 thousand troops will remain in the oil regions until the Joint Defense Council makes other arrangements.
The CJMC further said that the SPLM troops currently deployed in the southern Blue Nile and Nuba Mountains should be redeployed in southern Sudan as soon as the Joint Integrated Units (JIUs) are formed and deployed.
The JIUs “integrated training is yet to commence”, the CJMC said.
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