SOUTH SUDAN REBEL LEADER TO VISIT KHARTOUM
ADDIS ABABA (23 May) -- the leader of SPLM/A-in-Opposition Riek Machar expected to arrive in Khartoum within the coming week, as part of a tour of East African countries belonging to the IGAD bloc. Machar has been staying in Addis Ababa since the peace deal signed 9 May with his rival the President of South Sudan Salva Kiir.
An advance delegation of the
opposition faction by its spokesman Yohanis Musa Pouk was scheduled to
arrive in Khartoum today to arrange for Machar’s arrival.
Riek Machar will meet with officials of the Sudanese government during his visit.
Reacting to the news, South Sudan’s
Foreign Minister has reportedly said the expected visit by the rebel
leader to Khartoum should be coordinated between the Sudanese and South
Sudanese for the sake of peace and stability in South Sudan.
He pointed out that the two Sudans
have good diplomatic relations and the flow of oil through Sudanese
territory is evidence of the good ties between the two countries.
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