South Sudan mediators left Khartoum without breakthrough in Sudan crisis

KHARTOUM – South Sudanese Presidential Adviser returned to Juba on Friday as the ongoing efforts to settle the Sudanese crisis did not achieve tangible progress, according to Paris-based Sudan Tribune.

On the first of November, Tut Gatluak flanked with Foreign Minister Mayiik Ayii Deng and Minister of Investment Dhieu Mathok arrived in Khartoum calling for a comprehensive dialogue in Sudan after the military takeover and detention of Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok and other officials.

Before his arrival to Khartoum, South Sudanese President  Salva Kiir called for the release of the political leaders and expressed fears that the ongoing crisis would affect the South Sudanese brokered peace agreement and political stability in his country.

The official Sudan News Agency on Friday said Gutluak left the Sudanese capital after talks with the military leaders and Hamdok on the way forward to end restore the transitional authority in Sudan.

Gatluak told the Sudan Tribune he further discussed with the Sudanese military officials the transfer of talks with the leaders of the SPLM-IO splinter faction to Juba.

The South Sudanese delegation met with Arman but did not make a statement on his detention conditions.

The SPLM-N led by Malik Agar requested the peace guarantors including Juba to ensure the release of its deputy leader Yasir Arman who is among the political detainees.

The other mediators from the African Union and the UNITAMS did not succeed to convince the coup leaders to restore the transitional government.

The military leaders refuse to re-establish the transitional government as it was before 25 October and seek to impose a number of measures that would lead to amending the constitutional declaration that governs the transition in Sudan.