South Sudan’s leaders urged to maintain regular meetings- US diplomat
US Ambassador to South Sudan, Ambassador Thomas J. Hushek meets President Salva Kiir Mayardit at the State House in Juba on Tuesday, November 19th, 2019 (Photo: PPU).
Nov 20th, 2019 (SSNN)-The US Ambassador to South Sudan, Ambassador Thomas J. Hushek has said that, there’s a need for the country’s leaders to meet on a regular basis as part of trust and confidence-building.
“They need to start meeting regularly. There have been a couple good face-to-face meetings, but all the leaders need to be meeting regularly. They need to be building the habits of collaborative governance so that when they are all in Juba in a unity government they need to be in the habit of meeting daily, weekly, discussing issues, not trying to beat out the other faction, but to govern in a collaborative way.”
US Ambassador to South Sudan Hushek made the remarks on Tuesday in an interview with the Radio Community, where he also stressed that the United States wants to see a positive spirit of action among the signatories, and emphasized that they should join hands to work for peace, so that the displaced populations can return to their homes and continue their normal lives.
South Sudan government and the opposition parties are under mounting pressure to implement the remaining outstanding issues, including security arrangements, number of states and their boundaries.
In recent weeks, the main signatories agreed – during a tripartite summit in Uganda Entebbe – to extend the pre-transitional period by 100 days.
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