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AU welcomes S. Sudan intra-party dialogue forum in Addis Ababa
The African Union (AU) has welcomed the launch of the South Sudan SPLM intra-party dialogue forum in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Chairperson of the AU Commission, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, has welcomed the launching at the weekend in Addis Ababa, under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Hailemariam Dessalegn of Ethiopia, Chairperson of the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD), of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM) Intra- Party Dialogue Forum.
Dlamini-Zuma commended the Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) and the African National Congress (ANC) of South Africa for having accepted to facilitate the Forum, said a statement from AU on Monday. The Chairperson of the Commission underlined the importance of this process, which should enable the SPLM leadership to examine in-depth the underlying causes of the crisis facing their party and of the conflict in South Sudan, according to the statement.
She urged all the stakeholders to take advantage of the intra- party talks, which are expected to run concurrently with the IGAD- led mediation efforts, to advance the cause of peace, security, stability, reconciliation and good governance in South Sudan.
The Chairperson of the Commission seized this opportunity to reiterate AU’s deep concern at the continued conflict in South Sudan and the untold suffering inflicted on the civilian population.
She renewed AU’s full support to the IGAD mediation, and once again, appealed to the parties to the conflict to put the interest of their country and people above any other consideration and to extend unreserved cooperation to the team of Special Envoys led by Ethiopia’s former foreign minister Seyoum Mesfin.
