S. Sudan says AU violated ‘principle of good faith’ for expelling diplomats
South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir Mayardit arrives for the 30th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the Heads of State and the Government of the African Union in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia January 29, 2018. (Photo credit: REUTERS)
June 20, 2020 (SSNN) – South Sudan government has said that the African Union acted in violation of what it said is ‘principle of good faith,’ when it expelled a number of the country’s diplomats from a meeting in Addis Ababa earlier this week.
On Monday, South Sudan diplomats at the AU were expelled from a meeting of the continental body for the country’s failure to pay accumulative membership fees of $9 million which the country has not paid for at least three years.
In reaction, a senior government official at the presidency said the African Union acted outside the principles as required by the AU charter and said South Sudan should not be defensive at all organizations each time threatening to withdraw from the continental body.
“Africa union sanctioning South Sudan is totally wrong diplomatic approach and against the principle of good faith, otherwise South Sudan as a sovereign state must change its foreign policy approaches, intelligent and tactics, from being always defensive into both applying defensive, offensive and counterintelligence for benefit of our national strategies and survival in the international immature new world order and systems,” Peter Mayuk, a senior presidency official said.
“Sanctions by the African Union is a clear continuation of the international conspiracy against our survivals and values that’s may qualified us into becoming a strong and prosperous nation, that’s life in peace side by side with its neighbors, region and the international community, above all by contributing to international peace and security,” Mayuk added.
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