The attacks, UNISFA said, led to the deaths of two peacekeepers and injuring several UN personnel and civilians.
“We express our deepest condolences to the families of the peacekeepers and of the civilians who lost their lives. We stand with our UNISFA colleagues during this difficult time,” the Troika said in a statement on Monday.
The Troika nations denounced “in the strongest terms” attacks targeting UN peacekeepers, calling for those responsible to be held accountable.
“We are deeply concerned by the escalation of violence in recent months between communities living in and around the Abyei Administrative Area,” it said.
“All leaders who have influence with involved communities and who fail to use it to support peace are demonstrating their disregard for the interests of their people,” the Troika’s statement further stressed.
South Sudan and Sudan jointly administer Abyei, and both claim ownership to the region that has remained unresolved since the former’s independence in 2011.
