Special UN Representative to South Sudan visits Yambio JUBA 17 July 2012 - The Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) of the United Nations and head of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan, Hilde F. Johnson is scheduled to pay her first visit to Yambio, the state capital of Western Equatoria today Tuesday 17 July 2012.
During the one-day visit, the SRSG is expected to meet Western Equatoria State Governor Joseph B. Bakasoro to discuss issues pertaining to the implementation of the UNMISS mandate in Western Equatoria State. The SRSG will also meet with representatives of civil society, political parties, the African Union Regional Task Force on the LRA, members of the United Nations Country Team, as well as UNMISS staff. Reported by Matata Safi H.E Kiir meets Zuma of South Africa and VP of Angola JUBA, 16 July 2012 - H.E Salva Kiir Mayardit today discussed the ongoing negotiations and the situations in the two countries in his meeting today on Monday July 16, 2012 with President of the Republic of South Africa H.E Jacob Zuma. Hon. Nhial Deng Nhial the minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation described the meeting as important since South Africa as a member of the United Nations Security Council has a role to play and get a peaceful result on the dispute between South Sudan and Sudan. Hon Nhial also said H.E Kiir met the Vice President of Angola H.E Fernando Piedade Dia Dos Santos, further saying that Angola as a member of the African Union Security Council and as part of South African Development community (SADC) has a role to play in terms of expediting the conclusion of agreement between the two states. In his meeting with VP of Angola Nhial said, H.E Kiir expressed sincere gratitude to Angola for the moral and material supports provided by Angola to SPLA/M during the struggle and before the independence of the Republic of South Sudan. On the question of the remaining two weeks left for resolving the issues between the two states, Hon Nhial said AU/HIP and AU/PSC will make their inputs first and assess the situation to let the negotiations continue after the term given or let the UN Security Council handle it. Reported by Thomas Kenneth from Addis Ababa H.E Kiir holds series of meetings with heads of state and delegations ADDIS ABABA, 16 July 2012 - In the margins of the opening sessions of the 19th AU ordinary session of the assembly on Sunday July 15th, 2012, President of the Republic H.E. Gen. Salva Kiir Mayardit held a series of important meetings with a number of heads of state, USA, UN and AU representatives. Among the heads of state are President of Kenya, H.E Mwai Kibaki, President of Egypt H.E Mohammed Mursi, President of Zimbabwe H.E Robert Mugabe, UN deputy secretary General Jean Aliason, USA assistant secretary of state for African Affairs Mr Johnny Caisson, and Russian Presidential Envoy for African states Mr. Mikhail Margelov. According to the minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Hon. Nhial Deng Nhial the theme of President’s meeting with the heads of state and governments was to update them on the meeting he held with President El-Bashir. Hon. Nhial disclosed that H.E Kiir’s meeting with Bashir discussed the ongoing negotiations in Bahr Dar in Ethiopia, emphasizing that the meeting has a positive impact on the ongoing negotiations for it boosts the talks and gives courage to both teams to seriously consider all things being discussed on the agenda. Given the fact that the two countries left with couple of weeks before the deadline set by the UN Security Council for the talks to produce positive results, Hon. Nhial said. On his comment to the statement given by the President to the AU/PSC meeting, Hon Nhial said the statement gave a factual account of what have been achieved so far, realistic prospects and what needs to be done to fully comply with the UN Security Council resolution and AU road map. He also added hat all the road map has been accomplished by the Republic of South Sudan and Sudan has failed to pull out its forces from Abyei. Reported by Thomas Kenneth from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Russian government expresses interest to expand bilateral ties with RSS ADDIS ABABA, 16 July 2012 – The Russian government has expressed strong and sincere interest to expand and diversify bilateral ties with the new state of South Sudan. This came in a meeting held by the President of the Republic H.E. Kiir with the Russian Presidential Envoy for African states Mr. Mikhail Margelov, on the margins of the 19th AU ordinary session of Assembly. The Russian envoy appreciated South Sudan for opening its Embassy in Moscow and for developing and promoting good relations between the two countries. He added that the current Russian Ambassador based in Uganda will also be overseeing bilateral relations between the two countries. The Russian Envoy said South Sudan needs a lot of financial engineering companies since it is rich but most of its wealth is untapped and the interest of Russian companies to participate in the development of new oil pipelines and mining. H.E Kiir on his part praised the current developing relations with Russia and asked Russian companies to come to Juba and peruse their fields of interest with the relevant ministries. 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