The European Union called on the Government of Sudan and the SPLM-North to immediately put an end to their conflict and restore peace in South Kordofan and Blue Nile states.
EU foreign minister Catherine Ashton issued a statement on Wednesday condemning the death of an Abyei peacekeeper and civilian casualties from an exchange of shelling between the army and rebels in Kadugli, South Kordofan.Kadugli is the logistics base for the UN Interim Security Force for Abyei or UNISFA that is also in charge of monitoring the demilitarized corridor between South Sudan and Sudan.
Ms Ashton said “any attacks on peacekeepers and unarmed civilians are unacceptable to the EU. The High Representative expresses her full support for UNISFA and urges all parties to respect its mandate.”
She urged the Government of Sudan and the SPLM- North to undertake an immediate ceasefire and resume the negotiations recently started in Addis Abeba.
Ms Ashton remarked that there can be no military solution to the internal problems of Sudan.