U.S. envoy met was co : the demands indicated impede reached Atfav .
01-13-2014 06:47 AM
ADDIS ABABA ( Reuters) - The U.S. envoy said on Sunday that the claim rebel leader in South Sudan , Riek Machar, the release of all detainees are still a stumbling block in front of Atfav reach a cease-fire in order to stop the violence in the country.
And fought government forces loyal to President Salva Kiir fighting for more than three weeks with rebels loyal to his former deputy, referred pushing the oil- exporting country to the brink of civil war .
Although the two sides held talks in the past few days in Addis Ababa in a bid to stop the shooting , but they have made little progress after the rejection of Kerr asked the rebels to release 11 detainees were arrested in December in connection with the alleged coup attempt .
He met with three envoys from the African Intergovernmental Authority on Development for Eastern Africa ( IGAD), was co on Saturday as part of efforts to agree on a truce , but he did not respond to them .
The U.S. envoy to Sudan and South Sudan, Donald Booth , who accompanied the envoys to find "one of the main things that triggered the release of detainees , which put a pre-condition before signing an agreement to stop military actions . "
"What we really need is to continue to pressure the government to find a way to allow these detainees to participate in the talks . "
After the meeting with Machar official said on Sunday that finding envoys traveled back to the capital, Juba, southern Sudan to try to persuade Kerr to release the detainees .
The official told Reuters " we have made some progress with him ( referred ) to approve certain items of a draft agreement to stop military actions . Still has the points of disagreement and we will work to resolve it. "
The envoys did not succeed so far in the release of the detainees with Kerr 's insistence on their submission to the inquiry and provide proof of his condemnation of them to justice.
The fighting was the worst in South Sudan since its independence from Sudan in 2011, as part of a peace deal that ended one of the longest civil wars in Africa . The clashes resulted in the displacement of more than 200 000 people and the decline of oil exports.
And include a copy of the draft ceasefire agreement drawn up by mediators control mechanisms to ensure the full implementation of the agreement .
Booth said that Machar also expressed "concern of military intervention in Uganda and southern Sudan, expressed his fear of the possibility of failure to respect the armistice agreement . "
The rebels accuse Uganda with the help of CARE through air strikes on their positions , a charge denied by Kampala . The Ugandan troops were patrolling in the vicinity of Juba airport and guarding the presidential palace at the request of CARE .
Booth said , " I do not think we are proceeding at an impasse . Believe that progress has been made to draft an agreement to cease hostilities
01-13-2014 06:47 AM
ADDIS ABABA ( Reuters) - The U.S. envoy said on Sunday that the claim rebel leader in South Sudan , Riek Machar, the release of all detainees are still a stumbling block in front of Atfav reach a cease-fire in order to stop the violence in the country.
And fought government forces loyal to President Salva Kiir fighting for more than three weeks with rebels loyal to his former deputy, referred pushing the oil- exporting country to the brink of civil war .
Although the two sides held talks in the past few days in Addis Ababa in a bid to stop the shooting , but they have made little progress after the rejection of Kerr asked the rebels to release 11 detainees were arrested in December in connection with the alleged coup attempt .
He met with three envoys from the African Intergovernmental Authority on Development for Eastern Africa ( IGAD), was co on Saturday as part of efforts to agree on a truce , but he did not respond to them .
The U.S. envoy to Sudan and South Sudan, Donald Booth , who accompanied the envoys to find "one of the main things that triggered the release of detainees , which put a pre-condition before signing an agreement to stop military actions . "
"What we really need is to continue to pressure the government to find a way to allow these detainees to participate in the talks . "
After the meeting with Machar official said on Sunday that finding envoys traveled back to the capital, Juba, southern Sudan to try to persuade Kerr to release the detainees .
The official told Reuters " we have made some progress with him ( referred ) to approve certain items of a draft agreement to stop military actions . Still has the points of disagreement and we will work to resolve it. "
The envoys did not succeed so far in the release of the detainees with Kerr 's insistence on their submission to the inquiry and provide proof of his condemnation of them to justice.
The fighting was the worst in South Sudan since its independence from Sudan in 2011, as part of a peace deal that ended one of the longest civil wars in Africa . The clashes resulted in the displacement of more than 200 000 people and the decline of oil exports.
And include a copy of the draft ceasefire agreement drawn up by mediators control mechanisms to ensure the full implementation of the agreement .
Booth said that Machar also expressed "concern of military intervention in Uganda and southern Sudan, expressed his fear of the possibility of failure to respect the armistice agreement . "
The rebels accuse Uganda with the help of CARE through air strikes on their positions , a charge denied by Kampala . The Ugandan troops were patrolling in the vicinity of Juba airport and guarding the presidential palace at the request of CARE .
Booth said , " I do not think we are proceeding at an impasse . Believe that progress has been made to draft an agreement to cease hostilities
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