STORY: Sudan, South Sudan discuss resumption of oil transportation
SHOOTING TIME: Oct. 20, 2024
DATELINE: Oct. 21, 2024
LENGTH: 00:01:36
LOCATION: PORT SUDAN, Sudan
CATEGORY: ECONOMY

SHOTLIST:
(Courtesy of Sudan's Transitional Sovereign Council)
1. various of the bilateral meeting
2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): TUT GATLUAK, South Sudan's Presidential Advisor on National Security Affairs
3. various of the bilateral meeting
4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): TUT GATLUAK, South Sudan's Presidential Advisor on National Security Affairs
5. various of the bilateral meeting

STORYLINE:

Sudan and South Sudan on Sunday stressed the need to address the obstacles facing the resumption of South Sudan's oil exports via the Sudanese territory.

This came after Chairman of Sudan's Transitional Sovereign Council and General Commander of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan met on Sunday with South Sudan's Presidential Advisor on National Security Tut Gatluak in Port Sudan, the capital city of the Red Sea State in eastern Sudan.

SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): TUT GATLUAK, South Sudan's Presidential Advisor on National Security
"Today, we met with the chairman of Sudan's Transitional Sovereign Council and delivered a message from South Sudan's President Salva Kiir Mayardit. Al-Burhan stressed that South Sudan's oil represents a priority and announced that the export pipelines, from Al-Jabalian through Sudanese territory to Bashayer Port, are ready to resume oil exportation."

A meeting between the two countries' ministries of energy and petroleum is expected in this regard, Gatluak said, noting that "oil is a lifeline for the people of both countries."

SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): TUT GATLUAK, South Sudan's Presidential Advisor on National Security
"Things are progressing well with the oil pipeline. All technical teams in the two countries are ready to increase production and ensure the flow of oil through the Sudanese port of Bashayer."

In March, the Sudanese government announced the suspension of South Sudan's oil exports through Sudanese territories due to a fault in the transportation lines.

According to the Sudanese authorities, the fault was a result of a blockage in an underground pipeline, situated in the north of Sudan's White Nile State, an area controlled by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).

The meeting followed a previous one in early June.

Oil exports constitute the main source of South Sudan's national revenue, and the country heavily depends on Sudan, its northern neighbor, to transport oil to international markets.

Sudan has been ravaged by a deadly conflict between the SAF and the RSF since mid-April 2023. According to a situation report issued by the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project on Oct. 14, the conflict has resulted in more than 24,850 deaths.

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Port Sudan, Sudan.
(XHTV)