{"id":19038,"date":"2022-06-20T13:43:38","date_gmt":"2022-06-20T13:43:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/president-salva-kiir-in-nairobi-for-regional-peace-meeting"},"modified":"2022-06-20T14:00:22","modified_gmt":"2022-06-20T14:00:22","slug":"president-salva-kiir-in-nairobi-for-regional-peace-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/president-salva-kiir-in-nairobi-for-regional-peace-meeting","title":{"rendered":"President Salva Kiir in Nairobi for regional peace meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – South-Sudan. <\/strong><\/span>President Salva Kiir is among the regional heads of states presently gathered in Nairobi, Kenya, to chat the way forward for regional peace.<\/p>\n

Also present at the high-level meeting is Yoweri Museveni (Uganda), Paul Kagame (Rwanda), Evariste Ndayishimiye (Burundi), Salva Kiir Mayardit (South Sudan) and Felix Tshisekedi (DR Congo) and Kenya President Uhuru Kenyatta, the co-convenor of the Peace process.<\/p>\n

Kenyatta is also the chairperson of the East Africa Community (EAC).<\/p>\n

Tanzania Presidnet Suluhu Hassan is represented by the country\u2019s ambassador to Kenya, High Commissioner John Stephen Simbachawene.<\/p>\n

Of key focus at the Heads of State Conclave will be the acceleration of ongoing regional efforts to attain sustainable peace and security in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).<\/p>\n

According to insiders, the meeting is expected to discuss the conflict at the border of Rwanda and DR Congo.<\/p>\n

DR Congo officially joined the seven-member regional block \u2013EAC in May this year.<\/p>\n

South Sudan became a full member of EAC on September 5, 2016, barely five years after it gained independence from Sudan.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About South-Sudan<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – South-Sudan. President Salva Kiir is among the regional heads of states presently gathered in Nairobi, Kenya, to chat the way forward for regional peace. 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