{"id":4688,"date":"2018-06-25T17:38:47","date_gmt":"2018-06-25T14:38:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ugmirror.com\/?p=4688"},"modified":"2018-06-25T17:41:17","modified_gmt":"2018-06-25T14:41:17","slug":"museveni-bashir-meet-south-sudan-political-leaders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/2018\/06\/25\/museveni-bashir-meet-south-sudan-political-leaders\/","title":{"rendered":"Museveni, Bashir meet South Sudan political leaders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>President Yoweri Museveni has appealed to political key-players in South Sudan to ensure constructive deliberations in their negotiations for peace, unity through dialogue so that they concretize the ground for the development of their country.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I used to see South Sudan developing but later it went into a standstill because of disunity. During the short period of time I have been here today, we have had discussions into the matters of peace in South Sudan and we have had a good starting point to restore political normalcy,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>The President was addressing a one-day Summit of peace lovers in the Sudanese capital of Khartoum that has been initiated by President Omar Bashir of Sudan. The Summit running under the theme:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Khartoum Round on Facilitating IGAD Peace Process for South Sudan&#8221; took place today at the Freedom Hall Corporation Conference Hall in Khartoum.<\/p>\n<p>It was organized with an objective of resolving the South Sudanese political conflicts following an earlier IGAD meeting convened in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa a week ago.<\/p>\n<p>The Addis Ababa conference, among of other resolutions, had envisioned that both South Sudan sitting President Salva Mayardit Kiir and the Opposition leader, Riek Machar, agree on a common understanding on peace avenues for a stable South Sudan.<\/p>\n<p>Before today\u2019s Khartoum Summit session, President Museveni, the host President al Bashir, President Salva Kiir of South Sudan and Riak Machar, jointly held a consultative meeting and by gesture of joint handshake, their meeting set into motion a positive ray of progression of a stable, peaceful and developmental stage in South Sudan, Africa\u2019s youngest country.<\/p>\n<p>President Museveni pledged his full support and solidarity to ensure that South Sudan is back to the track of economic and social development.<\/p>\n<p>He thanked President Bashir of Sudan for his paternal concern over the political\u00a0 instability in South Sudan that has claimed many innocent lives.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Museveni saluted the South Sudanese opposition leader Riak Machal for honouring peace-making mission for the benefit of all people in his country.<\/p>\n<p>President Museveni who travelled to Sudan this morning was received on arrival at Khartoum International Airport by host President al Bashir where the two leaders first held a bilateral meeting.<\/p>\n<p>President Museveni and his South Sudan counterpart, President Salva Mayardit Kiir, were later hosted by President Bashir at the Presidential Palace in Khartoum for a tripartite Summit to more talks on the peace process in South Sudan.<\/p>\n<p>South Sudan gained independence from the Sudanese administration in Khartoum in July 2011 after bitter civil war.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Yoweri Museveni has appealed to political key-players in South Sudan to ensure constructive deliberations in their negotiations for peace, unity through dialogue so that they concretize the ground for the development of their country. &#8220;I used to see South Sudan developing but later it went into a standstill because of disunity. 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