SPLM-In Opposition leader Riek Machar is expected to arrive on Thursday evening in Sudan's capital Khartoum to discuss implemention of the South Sudan peace deal Omar al Bashir.

A senior SPLM-IO source in Khartoum told Radio Tamazuj that Machar was meant to arrive on Thursday for a two day visit from Pagak. Machar is also expected to meet with Bashir's deputy Bakri Saleh.