Former SPLM S.G Pagan Amum Arrives Juba The SPLM Former Secretary General, Pagan Amum arrived Juba Monday morning from Nairobi to meet President Salva Kiir and government officials to push for the Arusha Reunification Agreement. 23 June 2015
By Jok P Mayom JUBA, 22 June 2015 [Gurtong]- Pagan was accompanied by three other members, Deng Alor Kuol, John Luk Jok and Kosti Manibe. The delegation of the former detainees was accompanied by the Minister of Defense in Kenya among other Kenyan officials. Pagan and his team are expected to meet today with President Salva Kiir and members of the National Liberation council (NLC) and Political Bureau (PB). The SPLM Political Bureau Spokesman, Akol Paul Khordit welcomed the Minister of Defense of Kenya and Pagan Amum with his delegation. “On Sunday, Salva Kiir Mayardit turned it into a working day in the interest of peace in this country. He was in continuous contacts with the Regional Head of States in Eastern and Southern African Region” he said. “He has communicated with the Co-Guarantors to the Arusha Reunification Agreement” said Akol. The Arusha Agreement was brokered under the auspices of the Chama Cha Manduzi (CCM) of Tanzania and the African National Congress (ANC) of South Africa. The SPLM Political Bureau Spokesman also said that President Salva Kiir has been in cantact with the President of Kenya Uhuru Kenyatta on the issue of the former political detainees. “President Salva Kiir also spoke to President Uhuru of Kenya and he has requested him to send the Secretary General of the SPLM Comrade Pagan Amum to Juba.” He also added that “We want to thank Comrade Uhuru Kenyatta the President of Kenya for having done this, we welcome Comrade Pagan to Juba.”he said. Akol further said that the government is committed to bringing lasting peace to South Sudan and will implement the Arusha Reunification Agreement. “South Sudan under the leadership of Salva Kiir Mayardit has chosen the path of peace and will do everything possible as SPLM Leadership to implement the Arusha Reunification Agreement to address all the outstanding issues that have not been covered by Arusha” The Agreement on Reunification of the SPLM was signed on 21 January 2015 under the auspices of the Chama Cha Manpinduzi, Tanzania’s governing party and attempts to reunify the SPLM through a conflict resolution mechanism. Posted in: Home -- To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/d/forum/southsudankob View this message at https://groups.google.com/d/msg/southsudankob/topic-id/message-id For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout --- 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]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/SouthSudanKob. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/SouthSudanKob/CAJb14oq7U%2B6rLH7fdcqM-6j5MXUHT8QtO0SND3iBroTKgYpU8g%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
