苏丹坚称，它是从本地区和平及建设与南苏丹睦邻友好关系的角度出发行事的。它的努力得到朱巴和振兴后的《关于解决南苏丹共和国冲突的协议》其它签署方的公开赞赏。无疑，苏丹对政府间发展组织和平进程中未决问题的成功调解有助于减少朱巴和喀土穆之间的紧张。值得注意的是，该协议的一部分涉及建立两国间合作的一个具体模式，特别是在团结州油田的复原方面。在我与苏丹和南苏丹两国政府的接触中，我鼓励它们把在石油领域的合作延展到加紧在其它互惠互利领域的协作。看来，两国、特别是南苏丹国内内战强度的减轻可促成考虑解决该问题和双方商定的合作协议中涵盖的其它问题。
Sudan has insisted that it is acting in the interests of peace in the region and the building of good-neighbourly relations with South Sudan. Its endeavours have been publicly appreciated by Juba and the other signatory parties of the revitalized Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in the Republic of South Sudan. There is no doubt that the successful mediation by the Sudan of the outstanding issues in the Intergovernmental Authority on Development peace process has contributed to reducing tensions between Juba and Khartoum. It is notable that part of the agreement is concerned with building a concrete modality of cooperation between the two countries specifically on the rehabilitation of oil fields in Unity state. In my engagements with the Governments of the Sudan and of South Sudan, I have encouraged them to extend their cooperation in the oil sector to intensified engagements in other fields of mutual benefit. It also seems that the reduction in intensity of both countries’ internal civil conflicts, particularly in South Sudan, may enable consideration of a solution to this question as well as the other matters covered in the mutually agreed cooperation agreements.