November27, 2011 (KHARTOUM)— Sudan’s Fist Vice-President Ali Osman Taha said Friday that South Sudan secession should not be taken as model for conflict resolution in similar crises.

Sudan’s Vice-President Ali Osman Taha walks past the honor guards as he visits the city of Kadugli in the state of South Kordofan on August 03, 2010. (Reuters)

Taha who negotiated the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) with the late leader of Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM) made this statement before the African delegations participating in a convention of the ruling National Congress Party (NCP) held this week in Khartoum.

The Vice-President urged the participants to manage issues related to cultural or ethnic diversity in a way to avoid giving the right of self-determination which lays the basis to divide the country and weaken it.

"We hope the other countries that live similar experiences reach better solutions. Because, in spite of our acceptance of the principle of self-determination, we feel it should not be the first choice on which can be built relations between the groups in the same country," said Taha.

"We have to look for other alternatives," he emphasized.

After the signing of the 2005 peace agreement, Taha has been weakened by a hard-liner faction in the NCP opposed the concessions given to the South Sudanese rebels. The death of First Vice-President John Garang led to marginalise him totally in the post-peace period.

Bashir appreciated Salva Kiir who was against any intervention of the SPLM officials in the northern Sudanese affairs. Gradually, Bashir and his first deputy learnt to deal directly without Taha.

Analyst say Taha accorded many concessions to the SPLM during Nivasha talks, because of the personal trust the two men had in each other. A politician close to the two men said at the time of Naivasha Taha told Garang that if the Islamic state would lead to divide the country he would not establish it in the north.

Taha statements are seen opposed to what President Bashir and his assistant Nafie Ali Nafie said after the independence of South Sudan. Both said despite the immediate economic crisis, the north would be better in the future. Bashir also stressed the country has become more homogeneous and ready for the implementation of Islamic law.

The pro ruling party Sudan Media Centre reported on Sunday a statement by the First Vice President Ali Osman Taha saying he would support any dialogue aiming to narrow the caps the two countries conducted by the Sudan and South Sudan political forces.

The ruling party in Khartoum is facing a rebellion in South Kordofan where voices among the Nuba of the regions are becoming loud calling to focus on the self-determination for the Nuba Mountains.

(ST)