Peace negotiations between South Sudan's government and holdout opposition groups will resume tomorrow, a senior government official said.
Talks broke off last month after both sides signed a truce agreement in Rome. This came following a meeting hosted and mediated by the Rome-based Sant’ Egidio Community.
"The meeting will take place in Rome on Wednesday. The government delegation is now on the way to Rome," Barnaba Marial Benjamin, presidential adviser and special envoy, told Radio Tamazuj this morning.
"We will engage in dialogue with the holdout opposition groups so that they join the peace process," he said.
According to the senior official, the second round of peace negotiations in Rome is expected to focus on political matters to endorse the cessation of hostilities deal.
The latest push for peace with the holdout opposition factions comes as President Salva Kiir and opposition leader Riek Machar struggle to meet a February 22 deadline to form a transitional government.
On Sunday, President Salva Kiir and opposition leader Riek Machar ended a closed-door meeting in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia without a deal on the contentious issue of the number of states.