The U.S. Special Envoy for Sudan and South Sudan, Ambassador Donald
Booth, Visits Khartoum To Steer Dialogues
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WASHINGTON D.C., United States of America,
Dr. Machar with the former South Sudan ambassador to the United State,
Ezekiel Lol, meeting with the US diplomate Amb. Donald E. Booth on the
sideline in Johannesburg, South Africa(Photo: Nyamilepedia)
Dr. Machar with the former South Sudan ambassador to the United State,
Ezekiel Lol, meeting with the US diplomate Amb. Donald E. Booth on the
sideline in Johannesburg, South Africa(Photo: Nyamilepedia)
August 29, 2016(Nyamilepedia) — The U.S. Special Envoy for Sudan and
South Sudan, Ambassador Donald Booth, is currently in the Sudanese
capital, Khartoum, for a visit that is expected to last until
September 1st.
The hardly announced visit is expected to cover special official
meetings in Khartoum. In addition, Special Envoy Booth, who arrived in
Khartoum yesterday, is expected to proceed to Blue Nile today, on
August 29th.
Like in his visit to Darfur recently between July 26th and 28th,
Special Envoy Booth plans to engage with politicians in Blue Nile
State who are affected by conflict.
According to US foreign policy report, Booth will meet with Sudanese
government officials, civil society groups, community leaders, and the
staff of international organizations.
The Envoy is expected to lead open discussions and unimpeded exchanges
with all the concern parties in Sudan.
During this visit, Booth is also expected to meet the South Sudan’s
armed opposition party leader, Dr. Riek Machar Teny, the First Vice
President, who was forced out of a recently formed Transitional
Government of National Unity in Juba in July this year.
To the international community, Machar’s silence and absence from Juba
remains a time ticking bomb mystery that has to be contained before it
returns the country to a full-scale war.
At the beginning of 2014, Special Envoy Booth was the first American
diplomat to travel to the bushes of South Sudan’s Upper Nile region to
meet with Machar to assure him of TROIKA’s commitment to resolve South
Sudan conflict through a negotiated Peace Agreement.
Despite that a Peace Agreement was negotiated and signed by the main
principles in August last year, no meaningful progress has been made
for over a year, which is now forcing the United States to rethink its
options.
While visiting Kenya, Secretary John Kerry gave financial assistance
and political assurance to help South Sudan ends its conflict but
warns that the political process has to be re-invigorated and reforms
have to be implemented in that country
“The overriding need in South Sudan is to re-invigorate an
inclusive political process and to implement the reforms that are set
out in the agreed-upon peace process, the peace agreement, so that
this young country can stand up its economy, create effective security
institutions, and bring an end to the sectarian division and
fighting.” Kerry said in Nairobi, Kenya.
The United States remains deeply committed to the two Sudans. Through
these visits and dialogues, the superpower continues to engage the
governments and civil rights organizations while helping to build
inclusive political environments and democratic reforms in the
systems.
At this time, it is not clear if Special Envoy Booth will visit South
Sudan capital but he is expected to wrap up in Sudan on September 1st
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