http://uk.reuters.com/article/2011/05/31/uk-sudan-borders-idUKTRE74U2GH20110531(Reuters) - Representatives from north and south Sudan have agreed to set up a demilitarized zone along their shared border, the African Union said on Tuesday, ten days after the north seized the disputed Abyei region.
South Sudan is scheduled to become an independent country in less than six weeks, but the two sides have yet to settle issues such as the position of the common border and sharing oil proceeds.
Khartoum sent tanks and troops into Abyei on May 21, and has since defied calls from the United Nations, United States and south Sudanese officials to withdraw, saying the land belongs to the north. Tens of thousands of people fled the fighting.
Northern and southern officials met this week in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa to discuss Abyei and other issues ahead of the split.
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