President Kiir and opposition leader Riek Machar have been served with a draft framework agreement by President Omar al-Bashir, as a critical step towards resolving the conflict.

The details of the draft document given to the South Sudan warring parties are expected to be announced later.

"We cannot talk about it and we cannot tell our position now because we are still working on it. The document was presented by President Bashir yesterday night,” Mayen Dut Wol, South Sudan ambassador to Khartoum told Radio Tamazuj this afternoon.

South Sudan opposition leader Riek Machar said he wanted to discuss the draft document with his officials.

“We need to be given one day so that we can look at it. I had to get it around 11 am, so I haven’t read it,” Machar said.

Meanwhile, Manawa Peter Gatkuoth, a leading member of the rebel movement led by Riek Machar also confirmed they had been served with a framework agreement by Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir.

“We are expected to sign the declaration on Wednesday. Kiir, Machar and Bashir discussed it but Machar wanted the opposition to conduct consultations on it,” Manawa.