S. Sudanese rival leaders to meet in Nairobi
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June 26, 2015 (NAIROBI) – South Sudan’s president Salva Kiir and armed
opposition leader, Riek Machar, are expected to hold talks on Saturday
in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, sources told Sudan Tribune.
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South Sudanese president Salva Kiir (far left), Kenyan leader Uhuru
Kenyatta and South Sudan’s rebel chief, Riek Machar, meet with
Tanzanian president Jakaya Kikwete (not shown) on 21 January 2015 in
the northern Tanzanian town of Arusha (Photo: AFP/Emmanuel Filbert)
Rebel officials also confirmed the expected Nairobi meeting and said
it will take place under the auspices of the Kenyan president Uhuru
Kenyatta.
“Yes, our chairman and commander-in-chief, Comrade Dr. Riek Machar is
expected to meet with president Salva Kiir on Saturday at the State
House in Nairobi. This will be under the auspices of the Kenyan
president Uhuru Kenyatta,” Machar’s spokesman, James Gatdet Dak,
confirmed to Sudan Tribune.
He said the aim of the meeting was to find a common understanding on
how best to approach the peace talks and expedite the process to reach
a peace agreement in Addis Ababa.
ARUSHA SUMMIT
Dak also said their delegation to Tanzania for bilateral intraparty
dialogue between factions of the ruling SPLM party had already arrived
in Arusha to meet their counter-part from the government’s SPLM
faction in preparation for a meeting between the top leaders.
“The delegation from our side is already in Arusha. They arrived on
Friday evening,” he said.
He also said the top rebel leader was invited to the Arusha summit to
be attended by a number of heads of state and government in the
region. The summit expected to by Monday is to push for expeditious
dialogue between president Kiir and former vice-president Machar on
the outstanding issues in the reunification process of the ruling SPLM
party.
The opposition group said they would not accept a “half-baked”
reunification process that only dwelled on “mere” reinstatement to
leadership positions without addressing the reform agenda and
leadership issues that caused the crisis within the party.
They said they wanted to see the Arusha roadmap agreement translated
into a new constitution for the party as well as complete work on the
party’s basic documents such as internal regulations, manifesto, code
of conduct, etc, in Arusha.
Also full implementation of a final agreement on intraparty dialogue,
they said, would be connected to a peace agreement in Addis Ababa.
The opposition group however said they were committed to the peace
process that will end the war and bring a sustainable peace and
restore stability to the country.
(ST)
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