The Sudanese Interior Minister, Ibrahim Mahmoud Hamed Khartoum – Abed Algayoum Ashmeag The Sudanese Interior Ministry has declared the end of the period offered to South Sudanese community in Sudan to move to within their own borders, according to the Sudanese national law, otherwise they will be dealt with as a  "foreign community."
The Sudanese Interior Minister, Ibrahim Mahmoud Hamed, told Arabstoday, that "the exceptional position offered to the South-Sudanese community is  now over." Hamed revealed that some mutual discussions will be held between the two countries to manage pending issues such as managing the customs, and monitoring the borders and crossing points, "but this is subject to a perceived  improvement in security conditions and the mutual relations of both countries" added Hamed.
Hamed stressed that the Sudanese government have paid all the financial dues to those South-Sudanese citizens who were  working in Sudan before the separation, adding that the Sudanese government expects South-Sudan to do the the same towards  Sudanese citizens who were employed in the Public Army, before being returned to Sudan after being disarmed", said Hamed.
In another development, the ruling National Congress Party in Sudan has not ruled out closing the borders with their Southern neighbour "in case the two countries fail to establish good relations between them."
The party's media secretary, Badruddine Ahmed Ibrahim, is quoted as saying "if we fail to guarantee good relations with South-Sudan, the alternative should be to close the borders with them, or even to build a barrier similar to the Berlin Wall, to ensure protection and security of  Sudan."
Ibrahim played down allegations that Israel  is supplying South-Sudan with mercenaries to be used to create unrest towards the Sudanese regime, describing this allegations as "psychological warfare to affect the political will of the Sudanese." Ibrahim maintained that the mutual-relations between Israel and South Sudan "is neither hidden nor has it witnessed any change."
From its side, the South Sudanese government has urged its Sudanese counterpart to offer the citizens of South Sudan, an extended period to adjust their position. South Sudanese media minister, Pernaba Benjamin, told Arabstoday that this case "needs more understanding from the Sudanese government, to the exceptional conditions of the South Sudanese community".
The mutual relations between the two countries has gone through increased tension recently, following controversies regarding the transportation of  oil from the south through to the  north of the divided country. and accusations by Sudan that Juba is supporting the rebel groups working against the Sudanese regime in the province of South Kurdufan.    
Sudan lost three quarters of its oil output when South Sudan became independent in July last year. Both countries are locked in a row over how much the landlocked new nation should pay to export its crude through the north.
More than two million people died in Sudan’s 1983-2005 civil war between Khartoum and southern rebels before a peace agreement which led to South Sudan’s independence.