{"id":55535,"date":"2024-03-28T17:55:30","date_gmt":"2024-03-28T17:55:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/igad-pushing-for-dialogue-in-juba"},"modified":"2024-03-28T19:45:59","modified_gmt":"2024-03-28T19:45:59","slug":"igad-pushing-for-dialogue-in-juba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/igad-pushing-for-dialogue-in-juba","title":{"rendered":"IGAD pushing for dialogue in Juba"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Sudan. <\/strong><\/span>Dr Workneh Gebeyehu, the Executive Director of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) on Wednesday arrived in the South Sudanese capital, Juba to begin his two-day official visit.<\/p>\n<p>The visit, according to IGAD, is in line with its facilitative role towards implementing the 2018 revitalised peace agreement in South Sudan.<\/p>\n<p>Gebeyehu was received by the South Sudanese Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ramadan Mohammed Abdallah.<\/p>\n<p>He is expected to hold meetings with various entities in South Sudan, including the Presidency and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.<\/p>\n<p>He will also meet leaders and representatives of the Trilateral Mechanism, the African Union (AU), the United Nations (UN) and IGAD.<\/p>\n<p>The regional bloc underscored that it is committed to supporting South Sudan as it works to build on its aspirations.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;IGAD, in partnership with other stakeholders, remains steadfast in its commitment to supporting South Sudan as a member state in pursuit of the country\u2019s social, political, economic and broader development aspirations,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Together, we are poised to safeguard and fortify the anticipated advancement engendered by the revitalised peace agreement while we nurture an environment conducive to sustained stability and developmental progress throughout South Sudan,&#8221; the bloc added.<\/p>\n<p>A revitalised peace agreement was reached in September 2018, but South Sudan has never held elections as government officials have postponed them multiple times. 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