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KHARTOUM, June 8 (Reuters) - Sudan's president has ordered the stoppage of cross-border oil flows from South Sudan from Sunday, state radio said, just months after the long-time foes settled bitter disputes and agreed to restart the vital crude exports.
The Sudanese station gave no more details on Saturday. The government later said it would issue a statement on Sunday relating to its long-standing accusations that South Sudan supports rebels.
A confirmed stoppage would dash hopes of an economic lifeline to both underdeveloped African countries, which in the past relied on oil exports and associated fees for a large part of their state incomes.
Sudan and South Sudan - which separated into two countries in 2011 after decades of war - agreed in March to resume crude exports from the landlocked south through Sudan to the Red Sea after resolving an argument over transit fees.
"(President Omar Hassan al-)Bashir orders the oil minister to stop oil flows from the south through Sudanese territory from tomorrow," state radio said in a text message sent to mobile phone users.
Sudanese state news agency Suna said Information Minister Ahmed Belal Osman would hold a news conference on Sunday "regarding the cooperation deal with South Sudan in the face of the government's accusations against Juba for supporting the terrorism of the so-called Sudanese Revolutionary Front".
South Sudan denies accusations it backs rebels in Sudanese territory who have sought to topple Bashir. (Reporting by Ulf Laessing and Khalid Abdelaziz; Writing by Andrew Heavens; editing by Patrick Graham)
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