S. Sudan president, first deputy cancel planned trip to Khartoum
South Sudan President Salva Kiir (left) and First Vice President Dr. Riek Machar (right) speaks to reporters in Juba on Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2019 (Photo credit via PPU)
JUBA – South Sudan President, Salva Kiir Mayardit, and his first deputy, Dr. Riek Machar Teny, have both cancelled a planned trip to the Sudanese capital Khartoum, according to a senior opposition official.
On Saturday, Kiir’s security advisor, Tutkew Gatluak, told reporters in Khartoum that Kiir and Machar would travel to Sudan on Sunday morning to attend a peace-signing ceremony that is going to be conducted on Sunday morning at Saha Al Kadara.
“We have come with vice-president Hussein Abdelbaggi to join our brothers in the state of Sudan in celebrating their peace because this is a historic moment for the people of Sudan and also the people of the state of South Sudan,” Tut said on Friday.
“The day after tomorrow, 1st Lt. General Salva Kiir Mayardit, the President of the state of South Sudan will arrive together with his brother Dr. Riek [Machar] to also join the Sudanese people in the celebration,” he added.
However, speaking to Sudans Post this evening, Dut Majokdit, a senior SPLM-IO member and a close aide to Machar said the two men have cancelled the trip and vice-president Hussein Abdelbaggi will instead attend the peace function.
“The Vice President for Services Cluster will Represent the Presidency,” he said during a telephone call from the capital Juba.
“The two Leaders will attend the upcoming big Celebration of the Sudan Peace,” he added.
Trip to Sudanese Capital Khartoum, could has paved a way understanding between close minded, president Salva Kiir and his first vice for peace implementation, as rescue suffering people in South Sudan.