http://www.sudantribune.com/US-envoy-urges-S-Sudan-to-resume,43230
This article caught my attention for a number of reasons.
Firstly , my firm belief that both countries are playing economic Russian roulette .The idea that you can starve the other country out of it's position is one I find repulsive.Both countries are trying their hardest top do so.
Secondly , this quote : "However, different sources said the two parties are preparing for a big breakthrough in the talks and they might agree over different pending issues."
I really hope for a breakthrough in the talks.Both countries can live without oil but living without peace is impossible.
This article caught my attention for a number of reasons.
Firstly , my firm belief that both countries are playing economic Russian roulette .The idea that you can starve the other country out of it's position is one I find repulsive.Both countries are trying their hardest top do so.
Secondly , this quote : "However, different sources said the two parties are preparing for a big breakthrough in the talks and they might agree over different pending issues."
I really hope for a breakthrough in the talks.Both countries can live without oil but living without peace is impossible.
i totally agree. i think we are both trying to see who will blink first. and neither of us are humble enough to admit that we need the other. i still remember the week when we (south sudan) decided to turn of the taps. there was a level of euphoria in juba that i hadn't experienced since the referendum vote... a lot of talk about how we can survive without money from the oil because we did so before the war (which is revisionist at best, and overly optimistic at worst...we might not have had oil money, but we still needed funding, and now that we actually have a government... of course we need even more funding...). Of course we had reassurances from the ministry of finance that south sudan has enough in its reserves to survive two years without any income... a few months later and we are on the brink????? something's gotta give.
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