“The two countries have agreed to have another round of talks… mainly on the issue of the border, on the disputed and unclaimed areas,” he added.
His counterpart Abdullah said optimistically that the issues would be addressed in the future.
“We have overcome many differences… but here are some differences on Abyei,” he said, adding also that resolving border areas claimed by both sides “is going take time”.
No dates were given for a potential further round of talks.
It was also not clear if all negotiations had been entirely settled, or whether talks could still continue Thursday.
“Only the final touches remain,” Abdullah added.
Amid international pressure on both sides to reach a deal – after missing a UN Security Council deadline to settle by Saturday – their teams spent days trying to narrow positions as mediators shuttled between them.
The UN set a deadline for a deal after border fighting broke out in March, when Southern troops briefly wrested the valuable Heglig oil field from Khartoum’s control, and Sudan launched bombing raids in response.
The protracted talks under African Union mediation began in Addis Ababa several months before South Sudan split in July 2011 from what was Africa’s biggest nation, following an independence vote after decades of war.
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