British envoy to Juba meets South Sudan’s minister of defense

June 12, 2020 COVID-19 South Sudan, Health, News, Newsbeat, South Sudan

South Sudan defense minister Angelina Teny [left] and the British ambassador to Juba Christopher Trott [right] pose for a photo after meeting at the ministry of defense in Bilpam (Photo credit: Trott’s twitter timeline)

June 12, 2020 (SSNN) – The British ambassador to South Sudan, Christopher Trott, has met the country’s minister of Defense Angelina Teny following her return to office this week after more than two weeks of quarantine.

Mrs. Teny went to the quarantine in mid May after she and her husband – who is also the First Vice President – Dr. Riek Machar Teny, tested positive for COVID-19. A number of body guards belonging to the senior government officials also tested positive for the virus.

In a tweet yesterday Thursday, Trott said he had visited the minister of defense and discussed the implementation of the country’s 2018 revitalized peace agreement which has seen setbacks over deadlock on states government in recent months.

“It was a pleasure to meet the Minister of Defense yesterday,” Trott wrote.

It was a pleasure to meet the Minister of Defence yesterday. Had a wide ranging discussion about implementation of peace process & rising levels of violence across the country. Also talked about ensuring the RTGNU meets 35% target of women! #SSOT pic.twitter.com/2BmWsQt7fZ

— Chris Trott (@ChrisTrott) June 11, 2020

“Had a wide ranging discussion about implementation of peace process & rising levels of violence across the country. Also talked about ensuring the RTGNU meets 35% target of women,” he further said.