IGAD FMs to meet in Juba over peace agreement implementation
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July 18, 2017 (KHARTOUM) - Foreign Ministers of the east African
regional bloc (IGAD) will meet in Juba on Sunday to discuss the report
of the Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission (JMEC) on the
implementation of South Sudan’s peace agreement, said Sudan’s Foreign
Ministry.
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President Salva Kiir (L) and rebel leader Riek Machar (R) attend the
signing a ceasefire agreement during an IGAD summit on the South Sudan
crisis in Addis Ababa on 1 February 2015 (Photo: Reuters/Tiksa Negeri)
South Sudan’s peace agreement signed in Addis Ababa in August 2015
failed following the eruption of hostilities in the capital, Juba in
July 2016. The conflict has since spread to Equatoria and Bahr El
Ghazal regions, which were initially considered peaceful during the
earlier periods when violence broke out in mid-December, 2013.
Last month, South Sudan’s Minister of Information Michael Makuei said
Juba would host a meeting for the IGAD countries and the
Chiefs-of-Staff of Chiefs of the countries participating in the
regional protection force during July.
The director of the Neighboring Countries Department at Sudan’s
Foreign Ministry Bukhari Ghanim said his country’s delegation to the
IGAD meeting in Juba would be headed by the foreign minister Ibrahim
Ghandour.
He told the semi-official Sudan Media Center (SMC) Tuesday that Sudan
works within the framework of the IGAD countries to achieve peace in
South Sudan, pointing to the existence of a number of joint committees
between Juba and Khartoum.
The Sudanese diplomat called for the need to make further official and
popular contacts between the two countries, pointing to the importance
to achieve understandings on the outstanding issues between Juba and
Khartoum.
South Sudan seceded from Sudan on July 9th, 2011 following a
referendum on whether the semi-autonomous region should remain a part
of the country or become independent. 99% of the southern voters chose
independence.
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