South Sudan: S. Sudan Rejects Calls for Suspension of New Oil Contracts

Jul 28, 2014 | Sudan Tribune
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(JUBA) – The South Sudanese government says it would not relent to recent demands for suspension of all new oil contracts, arguing that such a decision was not in the country’s best interest.

“We cannot agree that a moratorium on petroleum contracting is at this time in the best interests of the citizens of the Republic of South Sudan,” Stephen Dhieu Dau, the petroleum and mining minister said in an 8 July letter.