Vice President James Wani Igga says that the decision by the South Sudanese government to order the national army (SPLA) out of the capital Juba is a sign of good faith in line with implementation of the recently signed peace agreement.
As recounted by Igga’s press secretary, David Mayen Ayarbior, the vice president during his visit to New York also termed the ongoing war as “senseless”.
“He explained that Juba has just ordered its troops outside the city as stipulated in the agreement,” said the vice presidential aide.
The peace agreement requires that SPLA troops leave Juba while making a few exceptions including for an unspecified number of presidential guards. Talks between SPLA commanders and SPLA-IO rebel commanders at a ceasefire workshop in Addis Ababa earlier this week failed to settle this issue.
Meanwhile, Igga has also implied that the army needs help “building barracks” for the soldiers leaving Juba and he has even reportedly appealed for international support for this.
David Mayen Ayarbior stated, “He appealed to the international community to play their part in making implementation possible. For example, quickly building barracks for the troops moving out of Juba and other cities would even go a long way into ascertaining the SPLA’s parade, which will be appositive in terms of security policy making.”
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