UN chief urges South Sudan leaders to establish transitional government

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon (UN Photo)

New York (IINA) – UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Sunday spoke by phone with South Sudanese President Salva Kiir, and separately with Riek Machar, who is expected to be sworn in on Monday as the first vice-president of South Sudan.
Ban emphasized the importance of quickly establishing the Transitional Government of National Unity, which was agreed to as part of a peace agreement signed in August last year by both President Kiir and his rival, Machar.
The UN chief also urged both leaders to continue working together with Chairman of the Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission Festus Mogae and African Union High Representative for South Sudan Alpha Oumar Konare, towards the implementation of the peace agreement.
Further, the Secretary General called for speedy implementation of the security arrangements envisaged in the peace agreement and the withdrawal of additional troops of the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) from the capital Juba.
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