South Sudan’s rebel chief Riek Machar says Uganda has accepted to withdraw its troops from South Sudan during his meeting with Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni at Corinthian Hotel in Khartoum Tuesday.
The meeting was held in the presence of Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir.
In a Thursday statement to the Khartoum-based Al Jareeda newspaper, Machar stated that he asked the Ugandan president to withdraw his troops from South Sudan.
The rebel leader pointed out that Museveni has accepted to pull out the Ugandan People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) from the South Sudanese territory, but he did not disclose the timeframe for the withdrawal.
Presidents Omar al-Bashir of Sudan and Yoweri Museveni of Uganda on Wednesday reiterated their support to the recently signed peace agreement in South Sudan.
In a joint communiqué issued at the end of Museveni’s visit to Khartoum, the two leaders vowed to exert the necessary efforts to bring stability to the new nation, saying both countries were directly affected by the South Sudan conflict.