The national transport minister has called on South Sudanese living in Khartoum not to panic following Sudan’s decision to suspend flights between the two countries.
Agnes Poni Lukudu told journalists in Juba Saturday that South Sudanese in Sudan should not panic because the Government is going to meet with concern bodies to discuss the issue, Bakhita Radio reported.She said she hoped flights between Juba and Khartoum would resume soon.
Ms Poni added that she has informed the Presidency about Khartoum’s decision to suspend flights between the two countries from today.
She said she hoped that some arrangement would be put together with coordination between the foreign affairs and the interior ministries.
Ms Poni said the President Salva Kiir Mayardit has ordered immigration officials to go to Khartoum to issue nationality cards and passports to South Sudanese living in Sudan.
Khartoum said that when air connections between the two countries resume they will be treated as international flights and not domestic flights like before.