The South Sudanese head of state who left the capital Juba for Pretoria on Tuesday made the appeal, according to presidential affairs minister Barnaba Marial, during one of his meetings with his South African counterparts Cyril Ramaphosa.
In a statement this evening, Kiir’s office said the president returned to the country after a “successful” trip to South Africa where he discussed South Sudan’s own peace implementation, Sudan crisis and bilateral ties with President Ramaphosa.
“President Kiir has returned home from South Africa, where he held talks with his South African counterpart Cyril Ramaphosa,” the presidency statement a copy of which was seen by Sudans Post reads in part.
Presidential affairs minister Barnaba Marial Benjamin said, “the two leaders committed themselves to working together to strengthen relations in various sectors and join forces to garner regional and global support for peace and stability in Sudan.”
The senior government official further said that Kiir expressed his strong disapproval against the continuation of the sanctions imposed on the world’s youngest country and called on the pen holder, the United States, to remove it.
“President Kiir shared with President Ramaphosa the negative implications of arms embargo on South Sudan, calling on the pen holders to abolish the sanctions regimes on South Sudan,” Marial told the South Sudan Broadcasting Corporation (SSBC) at Juba airport following Kiir’s return.
The sanctions were first imposed in 2015 in response to the country’s civil war. The war ended in 2018 with a peace agreement, but violence continued in most parts of the country forcing the United Nations Security Council to impose arms embargo that year.
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