President Salva Kiir and Omar al-Bashir Spokesman for the Sudanese government, Minister of Information Abdullah Massar, said on Saturday that South Sudan\'s President Salva Kiir had \"deliberate intentions\" to arrest the President of Sudan, Omar al-Bashir,  during a visit that was scheduled to take place before the aerial attack on oil-rich Heglig (now under control of South Sudan) earlier this month by the Sudanese air force.  While South Sudan claims this was aggression on the part of Sudan, the African Union said South Sudan\'s occupation of Heglig was \"illegal and unacceptable\" and therefore Sudan appears to be winning the diplomatic war.
Massar claimed  that Sudan \"has no desire whatsoever to enter even one inch of the territory of the South\"  and that they have no influence on what is going on there. He added that what is taking place in al-Wahda and Upper Nile states is down to  \"internal differences.\"
Massar denied that Sudan had assaulted and bombarded the South Sudan state:  \"If we wished to do so, we would have destroyed their petroleum installations, which are in nearby areas.\"
He added that Sudan recognises that its differences are with Juba\'s government,  \"and not with the people of South Sudan, and that Sudan does not wish to cause them harm.\"  Massar claimed  that every movement on the Sudanese borders is monitored \"and will be treated as an aggression.\"  He also denounced Juba\'s claim  that  oil-rich Heglig belongs to the South. \"Heglig is Sudanese, and has never been subject to dispute.\" Massar said.
According to Massar, the rebellions in Blue Nile and South Kordofan states are being supported by South Sudan with armed forces and that two brigades from South Sudan\'s army are in South Kordofan. \"Their salaries and instructions come from the south\" the minister claimed.
When questioned about reports  that South Sudan\'s  President Salva Kiir was planning to detain Sudan\'s President Omar al-Bashir during a visit that was scheduled to have taken place before the attack on Heglig, Massar said: \"This indicates the existence of deliberate intentions to arrest al-Bashir\" hinting that the visit was designed with ulterior motives and not for the preparation of a dialogue to resolve  pending issues as scheduled.   \"It also indicates that Kiir has relationships with entities who  desire to attack the stability of Sudan\" he concluded.
In a separate development, the Sudanese Foreign Minister Ali Karti received a phone call from his Turkish counterpart Ahmed Daoud Ihsanoglu.
A spokesman for the Sudanese Foreign Minister, Ambassador al-Obaid Ahmed Marawah, said in a press statement that Ihsanoglu had informed his Sudanese counterpart that Turkey was taking a close interest in  the events evolving in Sudan, and had contacted EU foreign ministers and NATO officials to support Sudan \"against aggression and sabotage of its oil facilities in Heglig.\"
He added: \"Ihsanoglu asked his counterparts in the European Union to exert more pressure on the government of Juba to desist from its hostile behaviour, its attempts to occupy Sudanese land, and its support of the rebellion movements in Sudan.\"