South Sudan’s VP visits Dubai, Riyadh and Washington for bilateral talks
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June 2, 2011 (JUBA) – The Vice President of the Government of Southern
Sudan, Riek Machar, is leading a high level delegation to a number of
countries in the Middle East and North America.
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South Sudan’s Vice President Riek Machar (Reuters)
Machar left the Southern Sudan’s capital, Juba, on Thursday and is
expected to discuss bilateral issues, particularly on investment and
other economic activities in South Sudan with the governments of the
United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia.
The Vice President will also proceed to the United States of America
where he will hold talks with the US administration as well as meet
with the South Sudanese community in the Diaspora.
South Sudan will formally become independent in five weeks time on
July 9. The region voted overwhelmingly for independence in a
self-determination referendum conducted in January 2011.
The plebiscite was in accordance with the North-South peace deal
signed in 2005 between the Sudan government, represented by Khartoum’s
ruling National Congress Party, and former rebels the Sudan People’s
Liberation Movement (SPLM) which has ruled South Sudan since 2005.
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