Parties meet in Juba to discuss deadlock in Nairobi talks

A delegation from the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-In Opposition met with First Vice President Riek Machar at his office in Juba on Monday. quit from the Nairobi peace talks.

The government delegation was led by Presidential Envoy Albino Mathem Ayuel.

According to a statement released by Mashar’s office, the meeting emphasized Significance of signing the agreementwhich will form the basis for an agreement between the government and the resistance groups.

The delegation’s spokesman, Michael Makuei, said the presidency would discuss this week the final document and the issues raised by the SPLM-IO political bureau that led to its suspension.

Makuei acknowledged that the SPLM-IO decision had affected the government’s engagement with hardline opposition groups in Nairobi.

However, he further noted that the Nairobi talks were all-inclusive and not just for the Government or Party OnlyHe also added that some SPLM-IO members were still in Nairobi awaiting the outcome of the Bureau meeting.

Last week, the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-In Opposition, the main opposition political group in South Sudan, led by First Vice President Riek Machar, announced its withdrawal from peace talks in Kenya known as the Tumani Peace Initiative.

Transitional government head Machar believes the Nairobi talks go beyond the mandate and undermine the country’s existing peace agreement and sovereignty.

The party said some of the protocols signed during the peace talks included parallel institutions that duplicated the reformulated peace terms.