Juba: SUDAN has called for dialogue among warring parties in South Sudan where thousands have been killed, or displaced following an armed insurgency against President Salva Kiir’s government.
Sudan’s Ambassador to Rwanda Abdalla Hasan Eisa Bushara told Sunday Times Athan Tashobya in an interview that his government is actively involved to ensure peace returns to South Sudan.
South Sudan gained independence from Sudan in a 2011 referendum that passed with a nearly 100 percent of the vote.
“As you know, South Sudan was part of the Greater Sudan. Sudan is an active member in all the platforms that seek to resolve the conflict in South Sudan. In principle, we consider that what is happening in the State of South Sudan is an internal issue,” Bushara said.
“We hope that the parties of the same nation should call for dialogue, not weapons, to resolve their differences and avoid their country and their citizens the expensive war bill. We hope to see South Sudan settled and overcome this difficult time very soon.”
Kenya recently issued a travel warning to its citizens living or travelling to South Sudan as chaos on Africa’s newest state that has claimed thousands boils over.
On 16 February, the mediators suspended the talks to revitalize the South Sudan peace agreement after 11 days of discussions on the security and constitutional and governance matters without tangible progress.
After the suspension of the talks, South Sudanese government officials sought to explain their positions and made several statements in this respect, stressing that the peace agreement is difficult to implement.
But the opposition blames Kiir’s government for frustrating the peace talks.
