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Eritrean support for rebels “hostile”

    NAIROBI

    President Umar al-Bashir of Sudan has said that Eritrea is continuing to back Sudanese rebels. According to Bashir, rebels were massing on the common border, and included Eritrean soldiers, the Sudanese news agency, SUNA, reported on Monday.

    The Secretary-General of the National Congress (ruling party), Prof Ibrahim Ahmad Umar, said in an interview with SUNA that the presence of rebel troops on the Sudan-Eritrea border was hampering moves to normalise relations between the two countries. He said there had been positive changes in bilateral relations, but unresolved issues remained. In the interview, published on Tuesday, he said Sudan rejected any military action against its territory and regarded Eritrea’s support for the SPLA as “hostile”.

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