President Omar al-Bashir will attend the extraordinary summit of the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) in Addis Ababa on Monday, Sudan’s Foreign Affairs Ministry said.

The summit, to be opened today evening, is to discuss the dire security and humanitarian situation facing South Sudan and the obstacles to the implementation of the signed peace deal.

"President al-Bashir will take part in the IGAD summit in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa Monday," Abul-Ghani Al-Naeem, the undersecretary of the Foreign Ministry said in a statement yesterday.

According to the statement, the president's participation in the summit comes as part of his continued endeavours to stop the war in South Sudan.

The minister pointed out that Al-Naeem met with US Charge d'Affairs in Khartoum Steven Koutsis to discuss the ongoing efforts to restore peace in South Sudan.