Foreign Ministers of the Inter- Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) arrived in Juba on Sunday to hold the 58th Extra-Ordinary Session Monday morning to review the progress made and revitalize the peace process in the country.
The foreign ministers said in a statement that they met consult and held a meeting with various stakeholders including representatives of the international community, faith-based organizations, eminent persons, youth and women, the civil society and the private sector prior to their deliberations.
The ministers were also expected to pay a courtesy call on the President Salva Kiir Mayardit before finalizing their business.
The delegation led by Workneh Gebeyehu, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, was scheduled to be briefed on the current situation in South Sudan by Festus Mogae, Chairman of the Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission (JMEC), Deng Alor Kuol, South Sudan’s Minister for Foreign Affairs and Ismail Wais, IGAD Special Envoy to South Sudan.
The council of ministers is in Juba to deliberate the peace process in South Sudan and the planned High Level Revitalization Forum, as well as the 2017 IGAD Secretariat Budget.