The Troika group of nations has set a condition to offer further support to South Sudan, a top South Sudanese diplomat in the United States said.
This comes during 2018 World Bank and IMF Spring Meetings in Washington, D.C.
Gordon Buay Malek, who is the charge d‘affaires at South Sudan embassy in America, told Radio Tamazuj on Friday that the members of the ‘Troika’ — the United Kingdom, United States, and Norway — said they will support if South Sudan leaders find a credible way to make peace.
“The Troika demanded that we should bring peace. If we make peace, they do not have any problem with South Sudan. The United States does not want the ongoing conflict,” Buay said.
Parts of the 2015 peace deal were obsolete following fighting between government and rebel groups since 2016.
The South Sudanese diplomat pointed out the new finance minister Salvatore Garang met with six Western ministers in Washington during 2018 Wold Bank meetings recently, pointing out that the Western donors promised to support South Sudan.
“The financial support is a process. Its needs application and processes to be done first,” he explained.
For his part, South Sudan's Finance Minister Salvatore Garang Mabiordit released a statement from United States, saying a rise in exchange market in the world’s youngest nation was a transitory.
Garang said his ministry was working tirelessly to turn the economy around through fiscal consolidation, enhanced revenue mobilization and executing the budget timely.
The government official said he had concluded bilateral meetings with world and international monetary funds and was following-up on some requests and pledges made by the international donors and financial lending institutions.