Canadian Ambassador Visits Jonglei State
The Canadian Ambassador to South Sudan, Nicholas Coghlan has visited Bor to seek for ways of supporting the Jonglei state government in development. 25 April 2013 Canadian Ambassador to South Sudan, Nicholas Coghlan. [Jacob Achiek Jok] By Jacob Achiek Jok BOR, 24 April 2013 [Gurtong] – Speaking to the press at the governor’s office, the minister of Health and Environment, Jehan Mechak Deng has said ambassador met with the state governor Kuol Manyang where the status of security in Pibor County and the efforts which the government has done to mitigate peace within the local community to reduce impact of the activities of David Yau Yau in the region was discussed. “Currently the situation is under the control and we have very good efforts of the community to mitigate peace in different conference and workshops,” Mechak Deng said. Ambassador Nicholas was accompanied by the head of stabilization with the Kenyan Embassy Miss. Catherin who visited on efforts to improve policing and court building in Bor town. She said that they are very grateful to Canadian government engagement in Jonglei state on security, education and in the health sector. Deng said that they have noticed that last February, the Canadian government opened a new maternity ward in Bor civil hospital and the government of Canada will continue to support Jonglei. Nicholas Coghlan said that they covered security with state governor especially on the recent killing of Indian peace keepers. He said that they have heard that the situation was stabilizing now and the tension between Lou Nuer and Murle community appears to be calm and hope that initiative will continue. He said that they have a mobile clinic from the Canadian Red Cross in Bor town working closely with state authorities to teach skills for a short period. He said that state governor explained some of his medium to long term priorities as well particularly in the areas of education, roads and development and they have all agreed that education and development are the long term answers to some of the difficult security issues in Jonglei. He said that security is the responsibility South Sudan and of the government of Jonglei state, police forces and the South Sudan army (SPLA). Posted in: Home, Foreign Relations, Governance -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "South Sudan Info - The Kob" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
