"South Sudan's military has moved into the Heglig oilfield under an unprecedented agreement between the country and neighbouring Sudan's warring parties to safeguard critical energy infrastructure from the country's civil war. The deployment on Wednesday came after the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) captured the strategic site on December 8, compelling the government-aligned Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) units to retreat across the border into South Sudan, where they reportedly surrendered their weapons."
"The agreement aims to neutralise the facility from combat operations as fighting intensifies across Sudan's Kordofan region, threatening both countries' primary revenue source. Official Sudanese government sources revealed to Al Jazeera that high-level contacts have taken place between the Sudanese and South Sudanese leaderships since the beginning of this week, after the RSF mobilized to attack the Heglig area. Understandings were reached to secure the evacuation of workers in the field and avoid military confrontations"
South Sudanese forces entered the Heglig oilfield under an unprecedented tripartite arrangement with Sudan's warring parties to safeguard a critical energy facility. The deployment followed a Rapid Support Forces (RSF) capture of Heglig on December 8 and a deadly drone attack, which prompted Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) units to retreat across the border and reportedly surrender weapons. Leaders reached understandings to evacuate workers, avoid military confrontations, and prevent sabotage or destruction of the oil field and its facilities, with tribal leaders involved. The move invoked a prior Khartoum–Juba oil and security cooperation pact covering protection of oil fields, pipelines, pumping stations, and energy interconnection projects.
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