Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir agreed to attend a summit in the Ethiopian capital on Friday with his South Sudanese counterpart to push stalled economic and security deals.

Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir agreed to attend a summit in the Ethiopian capital on Friday with his South Sudanese counterpart to push stalled economic and security deals.

In a report late Tuesday, SUNA news agency said Bashir "has accepted the invitation" by Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn to meet with South Sudan's President Salva Kiir in Addis Ababa.

The meeting would be the first since Bashir and South Sudan's President Salva Kiir late September signed the deals which they hailed as ending the conflict but which have not been put into effect.
The two countries fought along their undemarcated border in March and April.

Sudan's presidential press secretary, Emad Sayed Ahmed, told SUNA that the meeting would "discuss means of speeding up the implementation of the issues agreed upon at the summit between the two presidents" three months ago.

Khartoum accuses South Sudan of supporting rebels inside its territory, which has been a major obstacle to implementing the agreements.
The South, in turn, says Sudan backs rebels on southern soil.