{"id":2643,"date":"2021-02-09T20:45:15","date_gmt":"2021-02-09T20:45:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/?p=2643"},"modified":"2021-02-09T20:45:15","modified_gmt":"2021-02-09T20:45:15","slug":"spla-io-rubbishes-reports-it-has-teamed-up-with-ethiopian-rebels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/spla-io-rubbishes-reports-it-has-teamed-up-with-ethiopian-rebels","title":{"rendered":"SPLA-IO rubbishes reports it has teamed up with Ethiopian rebels"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press-Ethiopia<\/p>\n<p>JUBA \u2013 South Sudan\u2019s main armed opposition group, SPLA-IO, has denounced reports suggesting that some members of the Ethiopian rebels have defected to team up with it.<\/p>\n<p>Over the pass week, a letter has been circulating on social media purported to have been written by the SPLA-IO sector four (4) commander General Khor Chuol informing other SPLA-IO bases that two senior commanders of Ethiopian rebels have joined the group.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement this afternoon, Colonel Lam Paul Gabriel, the SPLA-IO deputy spokesman and press secretary for South Sudan\u2019s defense minister, denied the reports and accused unnamed people of working to stain relations between the main armed opposition group and Ethiopia.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe SPLA-IO sighted with concern a document trending social media, alleged to have been written by Sector Four(4) Deputy Commander; Maj. Gen. Khor Chuol Giet on 03\/02\/2021. It is alleged in the document that some officials from the Ethiopian Unity Patriot Army (EUPA) defected to the SPLA-IO,\u201d Lam said in the statement extended to Sudans Post.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a complete fabrication meant to jeopardize the diplomatic relationship the SPLA-IO has with the Ethiopian Government. The SPLA-IO has no link to the EUPA and did not receive any of its officials in any of the SPLA-IO cantonment or assembly areas,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n<p>The statement further stressed that \u201cThe SPLA-IO respects the integrity of Ethiopia and also the support of the government of Ethiopia towards the Implementation of the R-ARCSS.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press-Ethiopia JUBA \u2013 South Sudan\u2019s main armed opposition group, SPLA-IO, has denounced reports suggesting that some members of the Ethiopian rebels have defected to team up with it. 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