South Sudan parties set to resume peace talks in Kenya
By Xinhua | Nov. 9, 2024
South Sudan's Transitional Government of National Unity and holdout opposition groups will resume peace talks in Nairobi, the Kenyan capital, on Monday, a chief mediator announced on Friday.
Lazaro Sumbeiywo, chief mediator for the high-level mediation process for South Sudan, said the Nairobi peace talks, dubbed "Tumaini" meaning hope in Swahili, will iron out the outstanding issues within the two weeks’ time frame set by presidents from Kenya and South Sudan Wednesday.
“Following the resolution on the way forward for the Tumaini Peace Initiative, the high-level mediation for South Sudan would like to inform the stakeholders that the talks will resume on Nov 11, to conclude within the proposed time frame of two weeks," Sumbeiywo said in an invitation to the parties issued in Juba, the capital of South Sudan.
The decision to resume the talks follows a meeting between Kenyan President William Ruto and his South Sudan counterpart Salva Kiir in Juba Wednesday when they directed the mediation team to reconvene and resolve any outstanding issues within two weeks before the final signature.
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