South Sudanese warring parties rule out resumption of peace talks in June
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May 30, 2015 (JUBA) - Peace talks between South Sudan’s warring
parties will not commence next month, despite earlier pronouncements
from the country’ presidency.
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South Sudanese president Salva Kiir (L) shakes hands with rebel leader
and former vice-president Riek Machar after signing an agreement at
the end of talks in Arusha, Tanzania on 21 January 2015 (AP)
“Peace talks are not resuming talks on 8th June. The IGAD has called
for a consultative meeting between the parties involved in the
negotiations. I will be going with other two members as the government
delegation as directed by the president in response to the invitation
extended to us by the IGAD," Nhial Deng Nhial, South Sudan
government’s chief negotiator told Sudan Tribune on Saturday.
Dhieu Mathok Diing Wol, chairman of the external relations committee
for the armed opposition, equally confirmed that his group received
invitation from the regional bloc for a consultative meeting to be
convened in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from 8-10 June.
The armed opposition leadership, Wol said, will be represented in the
upcoming consultative meeting by its chief negotiator, Taban Deng Gai
and two other members.
He could not disclose names of the officials who will accompany their
lead negotiator, stressing that the selection would be made by the
leadership of the armed opposition.
South Sudan’s former justice minister, John Luk Jok, who speaks on
behalf of the former detainees, also said his group had received an
invitation letter from IGAD to participate in the consultative meeting
to be held in the Ethiopian capital, next month.
“I am not aware of the resumption of peace talks on the date you have
said. What I know is that there will be a consultative meeting on 8th
June. This is what I know. IGAD has called for consultations and we
have received the invitation to participate in these consultations,"
he said.
Jok did not reveal names of those representing them at the consultative meeting.
The consultations will begin on 7-9 June and compromise of the lead
negotiators with two other members from each of the invited parties,
explained the former justice minister.
The office of the South Sudanese presidency announced on Wednesday
that IGAD, which is mediating the talks aimed at finding a solution to
the conflict in the country had invited the rival factions to resume
negotiations on 8 June in the Ethiopian capital.
The decision, a presidential aide said, was reached at a consultative
meeting between president Salva Kiir and two foreign ministers from
Ethiopia and Kenya who visited the world’s youngest nation on
Wednesday on behalf of regional leaders involved in the talks.
In March, the East African regional bloc proposed an IGAD-Plus
structure that will bring in other African regions, including South
Sudan’s development partners such as the African Union, the United
Nations, China and the Troika, the key funders of the peace talks,
which comprises of the United Kingdom (UK), United States of America
(USA) and Norway.
The mediators’ decision came days after the South Sudanese president
and opposition leader, Riek Machar failed to agree on a permanent
peace deal, despite pledging to end the conflict that has killed
thousands and displaced millions of people since it broke out in
December 2013.
(ST)
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