Peace deal still holds – Kiir Daniel Danis | July 14, 2016 <http://www.eyeradio.org/peace-deal-holds-kiir/> | 8:21 pm [image: From left to right, First Vice President Dr Riek, President Kiir and Vice President Igga during the swearing in ceremony of FVP in Juba on Tuesday, April 26, 2016] From left to right, First Vice President Dr Riek, President Kiir and Vice President Igga during the swearing in ceremony of FVP in Juba on Tuesday, April 26, 2016
President Salva Kiir says he is still committed to the implementation of the peace agreement and wants to continue working with Dr Riek Machar. This morning, he met the Chairperson of the Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission, Festus Mogae, to discuss the importance of all parties to observe the ceasefire and work towards restoring peace and stability. In his remarks to the press, President Kiir said he assured JMEC that the peace agreement still holds, and that he has been in touch with Dr Riek to resume work. “I’ve given them (JMEC) assurances that I want Dr. Riek Machar, the First Vice President of the Republic, to be near me so that we chart the way forward,” President Kiir said. “I asked him to come but it was difficult for him to accept. I asked him also to tell his ministers who are now in the hotels here in Juba to come out so that they talk to me…on what we should be doing.” On Monday, President Salva Kiir and First Vice President Dr Riek Machar announced cessation of hostilities and ordered their forces to observe the ceasefire. Calm has been reported across Juba in the last 2 days. -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/SouthSudanKob. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/SouthSudanKob/CAJb14oox6RpsELE-oVuRZnT%2BKEqfiAfR169hx019TwR%3DARt63A%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
